Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES.
Disease | Total cases notified | Cases admitted to hospital | Total Deaths | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1954 | 1953 | 1954 | 1953 | 19S4 | 1953 | |
Scarlet Fever | 95 | 65 | 29 | 32 | - | - |
Whooping Cough | 9 | 141 | 1 | 10 | - | 1 |
Measles | 47 | 810 | 1 | 17 | - | - |
Pneumonia (notifiable) | 18† | 43 | 6† | 7 | 17‡ | 24‡ |
Dysentery | 12† | 11 | 3† | 5 | - | - |
Typhoid | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | 18 | - | 18 | - | - |
Erysipelas | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
Food Poisoning | 4 | 23 | 2 | - | - | - |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
Malaria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Acute Poliomyelitis Paralytic | 4† | 3 | 4† | 3 | - | 1 |
Non-Paralytic | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | - |
Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - |
TOTALS | 207 | 1124 | 52 | 100 | 18 | 26 |
* In addition, one case was subsequently not confirmed.
†Includes one case subsequently not confirmed.
‡Includes deaths from non-notifiable pneumonia.
Cases Notified | Cases treated at home | Cases treated in hospital | Vision unimpaired | Vision impaired | Total blindness | Deaths |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 1 | 3 |
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