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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 | Number of Cases Notified | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brentford West | Brentford Central | Brentford East | Bedford Park | Chiswick Park | Grove Park | Gunnersbury | Old Chiswick | Turnham Green | Total Cases | |
| Scarlet Fever | 5 | 11 | 8 | - | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 46(2) |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 7 |
| Measles | 57 | 15 | 89 | 13 | 30 | 26 | 15 | 63 | 22 | 330 |
| Pneumonia | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis:- | ||||||||||
| Paralytic | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Non-Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 54 | - | 58 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Tuberculosis:- | ||||||||||
| Respiratory | 10 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 67 |
| Non-Respiratory | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Figures in brackets denote number of cases subsequently not
confirmed.
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