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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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TABLE VI
AGES OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1951
| 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 | 65 | 3 | - | 4 | 3 | 9 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 90 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 28 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Measles | 863 | 18 | 90 | 102 | 123 | 140 | 359 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 2 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 32 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 |
| Ac. Poliomyelitis:- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Non-Paralytic | -† | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- |
| Ac. Encephalitis:- | |||||||||||||
| Post-Infectious | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1≠ | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 15 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 5 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 3 | - | - |
| Erysipelas. | 8* | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | 3 |
| Food Poisoning | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | l | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
* In addition, one case originally notified was subsequently diagnosed
not Erysipelas.
≠ In addition, one case originally notified was subsequently diagnosed
not Meningococcal Infection.
† One case originally notified as Non-Paralytic Poliomyelitis was
subsequently not confirmed.
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