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Brentford and Chiswick 1952
[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 1952
CLASSIFIED IN WARDS
| Disease | Number of Cases Notified | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brentford West | Brentford Central | Brentford East | Bedford Park | Chiswick Park | Grove Park | Gunnersbury | Old Chiswick | Turnham Green | Total Cases | |
| Soarlet Fever | 8 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 29 | 11 | 124 |
| Whooping Cought | - | - | - | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 28 |
| Measles | 79 | 45 | 36 | 10 | 40 | 60 | 52 | 25 | 66 | 413 |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 5 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 13 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis:- | ||||||||||
| Paralytic | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 8 |
| Non-paralytic | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Bysentery | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | — | 3 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 27 | 1 | 35 |
| try sipelas | 4 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| Paratyphoid | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Tuberculosiss:- | ||||||||||
| Respiratory | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 101 |
| Non-Respiratory | 1 | 2 | - | l | 1 | - | - | l | - | 6 |