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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 VII
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1953 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 | |
| 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 65 | |
| Whooping Cough | 19 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 141 |
| Whooping Cough | 138 | 85 | 42 | 50 | 114 | 94 | 77 | 111 | 99 | 810 |
| Measles | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 43 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis- | - | — | - | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Non-Paralytic | — | — | - | — | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Dysentery | 2 | 2 | — | 5 | — | 1 | - | 1 | 11 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| Ery sipelas | — | 1 | 1 | — | - | - | 1 | — | _ | 3 |
| Food Poisoning | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 23 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | - |
| Tuberculosis :- Re spiratory | 18 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 25 | 116 |
| Non-Respiratory | - | - | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Malaria | — | - | — | — | — | — | - | 1 | — | 1 |
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