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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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TABLE TO INDICATE HOW THE WAR CONDITIONS AND BLACK-OUT INFLUENCED THE INCIDENCE OF SUICIDE, ROAD ACCIDENTS, AND OTHER VIOLENT DEATHS
| Year | Suicides | Road Accidents | Other forms of violence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | 12 | Not recorded | 26 |
| 1939 | 9 | Not recorded | 32 |
| 1940 | 4 | 8 | 82 |
| 1941 | 4 | 15 | 27 |
| 1942 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 1943 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| 1944 | 7 | 7 | 51 |
| 1945 | 3 | 7 | 29 |
TABLES INDICATING SOME OF THE WORK DONE BY
HEALTH VISITORS AND IN THE M. & C.W. CLINICS
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE
| Year | New Children Enrolled | Attendances and Weighings | Doctor Seen by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | 765 | 14,676 | . 5,112 |
| 1939 | 652 | 13,176 | 4,091 |
| 1940 | 816 | 12,945 | 3,672 |
| 1941 | 689 | 11,513 | 3,130 |
| 1942 | 764 | 13,698 | 3,525 |
| 1943 | 843 | 16,348 | 3,576 |
| 1944 | 894 | 14,862 | 3,563 |
| 1945 | 970 | 17,786 | 3,948 |
ANTE-NATAL AND POST-NATAL
1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945
Attendances 2260 2206 2355 2238 3134 3893 3455 3480
50
The figures for suicides seem to indicate that the war had no
effect on the morale of the people.
The rise in road accidents in 1941 was coincident with a
rather sudden increase in service traffic.
As regards other forms of violence, 1940 was the year of the
blitz on the London area and in 1944, we had a short attack of
raids in February, followed by V.l's and lastly by V.2's.