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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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D. C A S E S O F INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASES. | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brentford West | Brentford Central | Brentford East | Bedford Park | Chiswick Park | Grove Park | Gunners bury | 0ld Chiswick | Turnham Green. | |
| Scarlet Fever | 14 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | |||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Pneumonia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Measles | 29 | 19 | 26 | 23 | 15 | 38 | |||
| Whooping Cough | 29 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 5 | |
| Acute Polio-encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Puerperal Fever | - | - | - | ||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Tuberculosis: Respiratory | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 8 | |
| Non-respiratory | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||