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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 1957
[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 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 29(5) |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 6 | - | 13 | 8 | 65 |
| Measles | 62 | 57 | 24 | 60 | 96 | 116 | 146 | 103 | 109 | 773(1) |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 9 | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis:- | ||||||||||
| Paralytic | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4(2) |
| Non-Paralytic | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2(2) |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1(1) |
| Dysentery | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 7(1) |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 81 | - | 82 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 6 |
| Food Poisoning | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 |
| Acute Encephalitis (Infective) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Tuberculosis:- | ||||||||||
| Respiratory | 11 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 76 |
| Non-Respiratory | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Figures in brackets denote number of cases subsequently not
confirmed.
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