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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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TABLE IV
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES.
—Notifiable Diseases during the Year 1949.
| Disease | Total cases notified | Cases admitted to hospital | Total Deaths | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 64* | (78) | 39 | (70) | - | (-) |
| Whooping Cough | 45 | (36) | 8 | (3) | - | (1) |
| Diphtheria | — | (1) | — | (1) | — | (-) |
| Measles | 511 | (335) | 18 | (21) | — | (-) |
| Pneumonia | 22 | (13) | 14 | (5) | 31 | (33) |
| Paratyphoid Fever | — | (1) | — | (1) | — | (-) |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 4† | (1) | 4 | (1) | — | (-) |
| Dysentery | — | (4) | — | (4) | — | (-) |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | (7) | — | (1) | — | (-) |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | (15) | 3 | (15) | — | (-) |
| Small-pox | — | (-) | — | (-) | — | (-) |
| Erysipelas | 2 | (4) | 2 | (-) | — | (-) |
| Malaria | — | (-) | — | (-) | — | (-) |
| Ac. Polio-encephalitis | — | (-) | — | (-) | — | (-) |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | (-) | — | (-) | — | (-) |
* In addition, four cases originally notified and admitted to Hospital were
subsequently diagnosed not Scarlet Fever.
† In addition, one case originally notified and admitted to Hospital was
subsequently diagnosed not Poliomyelitis.
(1948 Figures in brackets).
TABLE V. Ophthalmia Neonatorum
| Cases notified | Cases treated at home | Cases treated in hospital | Vision unimpaired | Vision impaired | Total blindness | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | - | — | — | — | — |