Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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TABLE VI
AGES OF GASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1950
Disease | Number of Cases Notified | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all ages | At ages - years | ||||||||||||
Under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 65 | Over 65 | ||
Scarlet Fever | 501 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | ||
Whooping Cough | 33 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Measles | 269† | 12 | 25 | 32 | 42 | 39 | 109 | 5 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | — |
Pneumonia | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 6 |
Typhoid Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Ac. Poliomyelitis:- | |||||||||||||
Paralytic | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | — |
Non-Paralytic | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | — | 2 | - | - | — |
Dysentery | 9 | - | 1 | - | -- | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | - | — | 1 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | — |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 13 | 4 | — | — |
Erysipelas | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | — |
Food Poisoning | 6 | — | - | — | - | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
* In addition, one case originally notified was subsequently diagnosed
not Scarlet Fever.
≠ In addition, one case originally notified was subsequently diagnosed
not Non-Paralytic Poliomyelitis.
† In addition, one case originally notified was subsequently diagnosed
not Measles.