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Brentford and Chiswick 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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TABLE VII
GASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING TEE YEAR 1951
CLASSIFIED IN WARDS
| Disease | Number of Cases Notified | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brentford West | Brentford Central | Brentford East | Bedford Park | Chiswick Park | Grove Park | Gunnersbury | Old Chiswick | Turnham Green | Total Cases | |
| Scarlet Fever | 9 | 6 | - | 1 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 65 |
| Whooping Cough | 17 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | - | 10 | 90 | |
| Measles | 130 | 110 | 71 | 45 | 110 | 112 | 89 | 96 | 100 | 863 |
| Pneumonia | 14 | 6 | 6 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 32 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Acute Encephalitis:- | ||||||||||
| Post-Infectious | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Dysentery | - | - | 8 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 18 | - | 21 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Tuberculosis:- | ||||||||||
| Respiratory | 7 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 93 |
| Non-Respiratory | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
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