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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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D.-Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year, 1946.
Classified in Wards.
| Disease | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brentford West | Brentford Central | Brentford East | Bedford Park | Chiswick Park | Grove Park | Gunners-bury | Old Chiswick | Turnham Green | Total Cases | |
| Scarlet Fever | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 65 |
| Whooping Cough | 10 | 6 | - | 2 | - | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 34 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| Measles | 27 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 49 | 29 | 188 |
| Pneumonia | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 20 |
| Gerebro-Spinal Fever | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Dysentery | 12 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 16 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | - | 18 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Malaria (Contracted Abroad) | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -; | - | - |
| Tuberculosis- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Respiratory | 15 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 117 |
| Non-Respiratory | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |