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Brentford and Chiswick 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]

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47
SECTION F.
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES.

Table: The following Tables set out the particulars of the incidence of notified diseases within the Borough during 1938, including their classifications in "age" and "ward" distribution.A.—NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEAR.

The following Tables set out the particulars of the incidence of notified diseases within the Borough during 1938, including their classifications in "age" and "ward" distribution.

A.—NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEAR.

Disease.Total Cases notified.Cases admitted to HospitalTotal Deaths.
Small-pox---
Scarlet Fever8168—
Diphtheria85833
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid)11—
Puerperal Pyrexia331
Pneumonia243*—
Erysipelas10128
Dysentery1-1

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* Full details of other patients suffering from Pneumonia who received
hospital treatment are not available.

Table: B.-OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.

B.-OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.

Cases notified.Cases treated at Home.Cases treated in HospitalVision unimpaired.Vision impaired.Total Blindness.Deaths.
1—11———