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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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D—CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1937,
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 | 30 | 24 | 39 | 6 | 34 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 24 |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 15* | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | 2 | — | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Polio-encephalitis | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis— | |||||||||
| Respiratory | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 7 |
| Non-respiratory | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
*These cases occurred in the Chiswick and Ealing Maternity Hospital, 13 of the patients being residents of Ealing and the
remainder (two) residents of Brentford and Chiswick.