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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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6.—INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
The incidence and prevalence of infectious disea e is shewn
in the following tables :—
TABLE SHOWING THE EXCLUSION OF CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL ON ACCOUNT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
| Month. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Chicken Measles Pox | Whooping Cough | Mumps | Influenza | German Measles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6 (3) | 2 (1) | 3 (1) | 4 (2) | 1 (-) | 189 (-) | 3 | - |
| February | 7 (5) | - (1) | 3 (-) | 32 (5) | 1 (3) | 162 (3) | 1 | 1 |
| March | 9 (1) | 1 (2) | 19 (2) | 214 (17) | 6 (-) | 53 (2) | 1 | - |
| April | 5 (1) | 1 (2) | 29 (7) | 235 (36) | 8 (1) | 125 (14) | 1 | - |
| May | 9 (13) | 1 (-) | 23 (4) | 151 (16) | 14 (-) | 3 (-) | - | - |
| June | 6 (5) | 1 (-) | 42 (2) | 120 (11) | 18 (1) | 8 (- ) | - | 1 |
| July | 14 (11) | 1 (4) | 39 (2) | 76 (2) | 27 (2) | 5 (-) | - | - |
| August | 7 (6) | 2 (-) | 5(-) | 8 (-) | 31 (-) | -(-) | - | - |
| September | 20 (20) | 5 (4) | 13 (1) | 4 (1) | 31 (4) | 2 (-) | - | - |
| October | 27 (9) | 3 (2) | 30 (4) | 20 (-) | 25 (-) | 1 (-) | ;> | - |
| November | 28 (21) | 3 (2) | 24 (5) | 18 (1) | 45 (1) | 4 (-) | - | - |
| December | 32 (20) | 2 (-) | 76 (8) | 4 (-) | 31 (2) | 2 (-) | 1 | |
| Totals | 170 | 21 | 306 | 886 | 238 | 554 | 12 | |
| Contacts | (115) | (18) | (36) | (91) | (14) | (19) | 2 | |
| Correspond ing totals for | 26 | 71 | 229 | 43 | 316 | 493 | 9 | - |
| 1935 | (79) | (77] | (60) | (8) | (12) | |||
Figures in brackets are the number of children living in the same bouse
and excluded from school on account of the disease.