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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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| Nature of Specimen | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | Total | |
| Diphtheria - swabs | - | 18 | 18 |
| Scarlet Fever - swabs | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Dysentery - faeces | 10 | 60 | 70 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia - swabs | 3 | 232 | 235 |
| Food Poisoning - faeces | - | 9 | 9 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum - swabs | - | 1 | 1 |
| Pood poisoning - sample of pie | - | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 16 | 327 | 343 |
| Age Groups | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | M ale | Female | |
| Under 1 year | l | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1-5 years | l | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5-15 years | l | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15-25 " | 3 | 15 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 25-35 " | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| 35-45 " | 11 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | l |
| 45-55 " | 10 | 4 | - | - | l | - | - | - |
| 55-65 " | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | l | - | - | - |
| 65 years and over | 5 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Totals | 46 | 40 | 4 | 5 | 4 | - | 1 | l |
Of the 6 recorded deaths, 4 were previously notified as cases of Tuberculosis,
2 had not been so notified. In addition, 3 patients already notified as
tuberculosis died from other causes.
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