Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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SECTION F.
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES.
A.—NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEAR.
Disease. | Total Cases notified. | Cases admitted to Hospital | Total Deaths. |
---|---|---|---|
Small-pox | — | — | — |
Scarlet Fever | 125 | 106 | 2 |
Diphtheria | 58 | 57 | 3 |
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 2 | 1 | — |
Puerperal Fever | 10 | 9 | — |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 18 | 17 | — |
Pneumonia | 47 | 8* | 32 |
Erysipelas | 12 | 4 | 2 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | — |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | — |
Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — |
*Full details of other patients suffering from Pneumonia who received
hospital treatment are not available.
B—OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
Cases notified. | Cases treated at Home. | Cases treated in Hospital | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |