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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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D.— CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1934,
CLASSIFIED IN WARDS.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of cases notified | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brentford East | Brentford Central | Brentford West | Bedford Park | Chiswick Park | Grove Park | Gunners-bury | Old Chiswick | Turnham Green | |
| Scarlet Fever | 26 | 26 | 30 | 18 | 34 | 14 | 22 | 29 | 26 |
| Diphtheria | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
| Puerperal Fever | 5* | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 13† | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | — | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | - | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Tuberculosis— Pulmonary | 8 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 16 |
| Other Forms | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 |
* These cases occurred in the Chiswick and Ealing Maternity Hospital and all were actually residents of Ealing.
†These cases occurred in the Chiswick and Ealing Maternity Hospital, seven of the patients being residents of Ealing and the
remainder (six) residents of Brentford and Chiswick.