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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 1952
[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 1952
| 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 | 1241 | — | - | 5 | 11 | 17 | 82 | 6 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 28 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | 18 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Measles | 413ø | 15 | 37 | 52 | 42 | 57 | 177 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 13 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Ac. Poliomyelitis: | |||||||||||||
| Paralytic | 8 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Non-Paralytic | 1† | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | l≠ | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 30 | 3 | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | |
| Paratyphoid | 2 | — | — | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
* In addition, eight cases originally notified were subsequently diagnosed
not Scarlet Fever.
≠ In addition, two cases originally notified were subsequently diagnosed
not Meningococcal Infection.
† In addition, one case originally notified was subsequently diagnosed
not Non-Paralytic Poliomyelitis.
ø In addition, one case originally notified was subsequently diagnosed
not Measles.
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