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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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D.— Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year, 1945.
Classified in Wards.
| Disease | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED | Total Cases | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brentford West | Brentford Central | Brentford East | Bedford Park | Chiswick Park | Grove Park | Gunners-bury | Old Chiswick | Turnham Green | ||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 37 |
| Diphtheria | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 8 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 15 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Measles | 113 | 98 | 41 | 29 | 23 | 58 | 74 | 34 | 55 | 525 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | — | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Dysentery | — | 1 | — | — | — . | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | 17 |
| Malaria (Non-Civilian) | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | - | - | — | 2 |
| Tuberculosis— | ||||||||||
| Respiratory | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 87 |
| Non-respiratory | 2 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 15 |