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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 1963
[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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 1962 | 1963 | 1962 | 1963 | 1962 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 16 | 21(3) | 5 | 5(2) | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 7 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Measles | 334 | 38(1) | 6 | 2(1) | - | - |
| Pneumonia (notifiable) | 1 | 1 | - | - | 47/- | 44/- |
| Dysentery | 4(4) | 2 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 58 | 72 | 58 | 71 | - | - |
| Encephalitis (infective) | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | 43* | 5(2) | 1 | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis Paralytic | - | 2(2) | - | 2(2) | - | - |
| Non-Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid 'B' | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Typhoid | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| TOTALS | 481 | 148 | 89 | 84 | 47 | 44 |
/- Includes deaths from non-notifiable pneumonia,
* 41 subsequently not confirmed and 1 diagnosed
as Sonne Dysentery.
Figures in brackets denote number of cases subsequently
not confirmed.
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