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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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HOUSING.
Housing Act, 1936.
Owing to the difficulty experienced by builders in obtaining
labour and necessary materials, the usual routine house-to-housc
inspection in the Borough was again suspended during the year.
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES
A.-N otifiable Diseases during the Year 1946.
| Disease | Total Cases notified | Cases admitted to hospital | Total Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 65* | 47 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 34 | 1 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 7§ | 7 | - |
| Measles | 188 | 10 | - |
| Pneumonia | 20 | 2 | 38 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | 2 | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | - |
| Dysentery | 16† | 10 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 18 | 18 | - |
| Small-pox | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 8 | 3 | - |
| Malaria (contracted abroad) | 3 | - | - |
| Encephalitis | - | - | 1 |
*In addition, two cases originally notified and admitted to Hospital were
subsequently diagnosed not Scarlet Fever.
§In addition, eight cases originally notified and admitted to Hospital
were subsequently diagnosed not Diphtheria.
†in addition, one case originally notified and admitted to Hospital was
subsequently diagnosed not Dysentery.
B.-Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
| Cases Notified | Cases treated at home | Cases treated in hospital | Vision unimpaired | Vision impaired | Total Blindness | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Nil | 1 | Nil | Nil | Nil |