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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 VII.
Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year, 1949.
Classified in Wards.
| Disease | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brentford West | Brentford Central | Brentford East | Bedford Park | Chiswick Park | Grove Park | Gunners-bury | Old Chiswick | Turn ham Green | Total cases | |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 64 |
| Whooping' Cough | 11 | 16 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 7 | 5 | 45 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 94 | 81 | 30 | 45 | 41 | 42 | 61 | 77 | 40 | 511 |
| Pneumonia | 9 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 22 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 4 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | - | 3 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | — | — | — | - | - | — | — | — | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | — | 1 | - | — | - | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Tuberculosis— | . | |||||||||
| Respiratory | 15 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 97 |
| Non-Respiratory | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 |