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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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| Disease | Number of Cases Notified | Total Cases | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brentford Central | Brentford East | Brentford West | Bedford Park | Chiswick Park | Grove Park | Gunnersbury | Old Chiswick | Turnham Green | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21 |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Measles | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 38 |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 71 | - | 72 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Tuberculosis: | ||||||||||
| Respiratory | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 47 |
| Non-Respiratory | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 4 |
Figures in brackets denote number of cases
subsequently not confirmed.
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