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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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TABLE V
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1961
CLASSIFIED IN WARDS
| Disease | Number of Cases Notified | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brentford Central | Brentford East | Brentford West | Bedford Park | Ch is wick Park | Grove Park | Gunnersbury | Old Chiswick | Turnham Green | Total Cases | |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 (1) | 4 | 7 (2) | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 26 (3) |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Measles | 88 | 40 | 133 | 16 | 41 | 74 | 65 | 40 | 45 | 542 |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Dysentery .. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 (1) | 3 ( 1 ) |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 53 | 8 | 66 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 4 |
| Food Poisoning | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 8 |
| (2) | (2) | (1) | (5) | |||||||
| Poliomyelitis(Paralytic) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Paratyphoid 'A' | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Tuberculosis:- | ||||||||||
| Respiratory | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 44 |
| Non-Respiratory | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 3 |
Figures in brackets denote number of cases
subsequently not confirmed.
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