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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 | Number of Cases Notified | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brentford Central | Brentford East | Brentford West | Bedford Park | Chiswick Park | Grove Park | Gunnersbury | Old Chiswick | Turnham Green | Total Cases | |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 1 | - | - | 6 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 7 |
| Measles | 33 | 30 | 45 | 21 | 26 | 51 | 72 | 14 | 42 | 334 |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 |
| (4) | (4) | |||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 58 | - | 58 |
| Erysipelas | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 4 |
| Food Poisoning | 13 | 6 | 19 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 43 |
| (13) | (6) | (181) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (41*) | |||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 9 | 1 | 11 |
| Paratyphoid "B" | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Typhoid | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Encephalitis (Infective) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Tuberculosis: | ||||||||||
| Respiratory | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 41 |
| Non-Respiratory | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 |
Figures in brackets denote number of cases subsequently
not confirmed
* In addition 1 case diagnosed Sonne Dysentery.
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