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Brentford and Chiswick 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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D.—CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1938,
CLASSIFIED IN WARDS.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of cases notified | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brentford East | Brentford Central | Brentford West | Bedford Park | Chiswick Park | Grove Park | Gunnersbury | Old Chiswick | T urnham Green | |
| Scarlet Fever | 12 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 16 | 34 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 7 | 2 | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Tuberculosis— | |||||||||
| Respiratory | 2 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 9 |
| Non-respiratory | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |