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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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SECTION ' D '
PREVALENCE OF, AND C O NTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
A. - NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEAR.
| Disease. | Total Cases notified. | Cases. admitted to Hospital. | Total Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | - | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 59 | 35 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 11 | 11 | 4 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | - | ||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | 8 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 13 | 1 | 47 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | - | |
| Measles | 217 | 4 | |
| Whooping-Cough | 108 | 5 | 3 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 11 | l | - |
| Acute Polio-encephalitis | |||
| Dysentery | |||
| Puerperal Fever | |||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - |
B. OPHTH A LMIA NEONATORUM .
| Cases Notified. | Cases treated at Home | Cases treated in Hospital. | Vision unimparied | Vision impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Nil | 8 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |