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Brentford and Chiswick 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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TABLE VI
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1955 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 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 52** |
| Whooping Cough. | 5 | 2 | 3 | - | 7 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 51† |
| Measles | 121 | 68 | 117 | 29 | 77 | 34 | 69 | 39 | 105 | 659 |
| Pneumonia | 7 | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 17 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis:-Paralytic | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6† |
| Non-Paralytic | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 5* |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1+ |
| Dysentery | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 12* |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Erysipelas | - | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 8 |
| Food Poisoning. | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 8† |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Acute Encephalitis (Infective) | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Tuberculosis:-Respiratory | 4 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 85 |
| Non-Respiratory | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | 9 |
+ Includes one case subsequently not confirmed.
* Includes two cases subsequently not confirmed.
** Includes four cases subsequently not confirmed
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