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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Brentford and Chiswick 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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| 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 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 95 |
| Whooping Cough. | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| Measles | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 47 |
| Pneumonia | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 18† |
| Acute Poliomyelitis Paralytic | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4† |
| Non Paralytic. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 12† |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | |
| Erysipelas | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 9 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Tuberculosis:- Respiratory | 14 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 90 |
| Non Respiratory | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Malaria | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Typhoid | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| † Includes one case subsequently not confirmed. | ||||||||||
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