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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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D —CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1936,
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 | 13 | 25 | 35 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 15 |
| Diphtheria | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | __ | — | 8 | — |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 10* | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 13 | 8 | — | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | i | — | — | — | |
| Tuberculosis— Respiratory | 2 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 |
| N on-respiratory | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
*These cases occurred in the Chiswick and Ealing Maternity Hospital, seven of the patients being residents of Ealing and the
remainder (three) residents of Brentford and Chiswick.
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