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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 1953
[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 1951
| Disease | Total cases notified | Gases admitted to hospital | Total Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 65 (124) | 32 (69) | - (-) |
| Whooping Cough | 141 ( 28) | 10 ( 5) | 1 (l) |
| Measles | 810 (413) | 17 (18) | - (-) |
| Pneumonia (notifiable) | 43 ( 13) | 7 ( 5) | 24 .(28)‡ |
| Dysentery | 11 ( 14) | 5 ( 6) | - (-) ‡ |
| Paratyphoid | - ( 2) | - (-) | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 18 ( 35) | 18 (35) | - (-) |
| Erysipelas | 3 ( 14) | 1 ( 5) | - (-) |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 ( 1) | 2 ( 1) | - (1) |
| Food Poisoning | 23 ( 3) | - ( 3) | - (-) |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 (-) | 1 ( -) | - (-) |
| Malaria | 1 ( -) | 1 ( -) | - (-) |
| Acute Poliomyelitiss- Paralytic | 3 ( 8) | 3 ( 8) | 1 (2) |
| Non-Paralytic | 3 ( 1) | 3 ( 1) | - (-) |
| Diphtheria | -* ( -) | - ( -) | - (-) |
| TOTALS | 1124 (656) | 100 (158) | 26(32) |
* In addition, one case originally notified and admitted to hospital
was subsequently diagnosed not Diphtheria.
‡Includes deaths from non-notifiable pneumonia.
(1952 figures in brackets)
TABLE V OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM
| Gases Notified | Cases treated at home | Gases treated in hospital | Vision unim- paired | Vision impaired | Total blindness | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
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