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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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| Nature of Specimen | Resu1t | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | Total | |
| Faeces | l | 29 | 30 |
| Swabs | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| Crusts, vesicle fluids (suspected smallpox) | - | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 4 | 42 | 46 |
| Age Groups | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non -Respiratory | Respiratory | Non -Respiratory | |||||
| Ma1e | Female | Male | Female | Male | Fema1e | Male | Female | |
| Under 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1-5 years | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5-15 years | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 15-25 „ | 8 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25-35 „ | 11 | 11 | l | - | - | - | - | - |
| 35 - 45 „ | 10 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 45-55 „ | 4 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 55-65 „ | 6 | 5 | - | - | l | - | - | - |
| 65 years and over | 3 | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| Totals | 44 | 32 | 2 | - | 4 | - | - | - |
Of the 4 recorded deaths, all had been previously notified as cases of
Tuberculosis In addition, 9 cases died from other causes, 8 of whom had been
already notified.
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