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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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| Disease | Total cases notified | Cases admitted to hospital | Total Deaths | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 1957 | 1958 | 1957 | 1958 | 1957 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 46(2) | 29(5) | 19 | 17 | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 7 | 65 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Measles | 330 | 773(1) | 2 | 26 | - | - |
| Pneumonia (notifiable) | 20 | 26 | 1 | 12 | 34‡ | 30‡ |
| Dysentery | 16 | 7(1) | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 58 | 82 | 54 | 81 | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 6 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis Paralytic | 2 | 4(2) | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| Non-Paralytic | - | 2(2) | - | 2 | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | 1(1) | - | 1 | - | - |
| Acute Encephalitis (Infective) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Typhoid | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTALS | 487 | 1000 | 82 | 149 | 34 | 30 |
‡Includes deaths from non-notifiable pneumonia.
Figures in brackets denote number of cases subsequently
not confirmed.
| Cases Notified | Cases treated at home | Cases treated in hospital | Vision unimpaired | Vision impaired | Total blindness | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | - |
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