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Brentford 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford]
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ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
The following table shows the number of cases treated at the Brentford Isolation Hospital during the year 1914.
| Atients under treatment, 31st Dec., 1913. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | |
| Diphtheria | 0 | |
| Cases admitted during 1914. | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 130 | |
| Diphtheria | 48 | |
| Erysipelas | I | |
| 179 | ||
| Total cases treated during the year | 186 | |
| Patients discharged cured during 1914. | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 121 | |
| Diphtheria | 40 | |
| Erysipelas | I | |
| 162 | ||
| Died during 1914. | ||
| Scarlet Fever | O | |
| Diphtheria | 6 | |
| Erysipelas | 0 | 6 |
| Patients under treatment 31st Dec., 1914. | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 16 | |
| Diphtheria | 2 | |
| Erysipelas | 0 | 18 |
| Total | 186 | |
In addition to the above, four cases of Scarlet Fever admitted
into the Hospital from the Urban District of Hanwell, are not
included in this table.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE (NOTIFICATION) ACT.
Under this Act I have received 243 notifications, being an
increase of 159 as compared with last year. The following table
shows the number of notifications received from Medical Practitioners
during the various months of the year. It will be observed that
Ophthalmia Neonatorum, having been made a notifiable disease this
year, is now included.
The highest number of all diseases notified was during the
month of September, when 53 cases were reported.