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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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D.—Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year, 1948.
34
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. Casks | |
| Scarlet Fever | 14 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 78 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 10 | — | 2 | 36 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Measles | 36 | 36 | 31 | 34 | 34 | 47 | 48 | 33 | 36 | 335 |
| Pneumonia | 4 | 5 | - | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | - | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | - | — | — | - | 1 | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | - | - | 1 | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | — | 7 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | 15 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 4 |
| Malaria (Contracted Abroad) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis— | ||||||||||
| Respiratory | 14 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 108 |
| Non-Respiratory | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 7 |