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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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C. - AGES OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING 1940
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE. | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| at all Ages | AT AGES - YEARS | ||||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 and under 10 | 10 and under 15 | 15 and under 20 | 20 and under 35 | 35 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and over | ||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Scarlet Fever | 77 | - | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | - |
| Diphtheria | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | - | 1 | ||||
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | |||||
| Pneumonia | 24 | - | - | l | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | |
| Erysipelas | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
| Dysentery | 1 | l | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Malaria (induced for Therapeutic purposes) | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |||||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 67 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
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