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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 1950
[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 1950
| Disease | Total cases notified | Cases admitted to hospital | Total deaths | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 50* | (64) | 25 | (39) | - | (-) |
| Whooping Cough | 33 | (4 5) | 1 | (8) | - | (-) |
| Diphtheria | - | (-) | — | (-) | - | (-) |
| Measles | 269† | (511) | 8 | (18) | - | (-) |
| Pneumonia (notifiable) | 15 | (22) | 1 | (14) | 32‡ | (31)‡ |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | (-) | 1 | (-) | - | (-) |
| Dysentery | 9 | (-) | 6 | (-) | - | (-) |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | (-) | 2 | (-) | - | (-) |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 18 | (3) | 18 | (3) | - | (-) |
| Smallpox | — | (-) | - | (-) | - | (-) |
| Erysipelas | 2 | (2) | 2 | (2) | - | (-) |
| Meningococcal Infection | — | - | — | - | ||
| Food Poisoning | 6 | (1) | 3 | (-) | - | (-) |
| Malaria | - | (-) | - | (-) | - | (-) |
| Acute Encephalitis | ||||||
| Infective | — | - | — | - | - | - |
| Post-Infectious | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis:- | ||||||
| Paralytic | 5 ) | (4) | 5) | (4) | - ) | (-) |
| Non-Paralytic | 4≠ ) | 3 ) | - ) | |||
| Totals | 414 | (652) | 75 | (88) | 32 | (31) |
*In addition, one case originally notified and admitted to hospital
was subsequently diagnosed not Scarlet Fever.
≠ In addition, one case originally notified and admitted to hospital
was subsequently diagnosed not Non-Paralytic Poliomyelitis.
† In addition, one case originally notified and admitted to hospital
was subsequently diagnosed not Measles..
‡ Includes deaths from non-notifiable pneumonia.
(1949 figures in brackets).
TABLE V OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM
| Cases notified | Cases treated at home | Cases treated in hospital | Vision unimpaired | Vision impaired | Total blindness | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
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