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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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| Disease | Number of Cases Notified | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brentford Central | Brentford East | Brentford West | Bedford Park i | Chiswick Park | Grove Park | Gunnersbury | Old Chiswick | Turnham Green | Total Cases | |
| Scarlet Fever | 10 | 14 | 19 | - | 9 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 94(3) |
| Whooping Cough | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 41 |
| Measles | 24 | 26 | 41 | 14 | 22 | 74 | 68 | 9 | 50 | 328 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis:- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paralytic | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Non-Paralytic | -- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 10 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 66 | 1 | 70 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 5 |
| Food Poisoning | - | 1 | 16 | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | 23 |
| Typhoid Fever | -- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Tuberculosis:- | ||||||||||
| Respiratory | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 70 |
| Non-Respiratory | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Figure in brackets denotes number of cases subseauently not confirmed. | ||||||||||