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Brentford and Chiswick 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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TABLE V
AGES OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1955
| 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 | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Whooping Cough | 5lt | 3 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 22 | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Measles | 659 | 14 | 54 | 54 | 65 | 94 | 357 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 17 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Ac. Poliomyelitis: Paralytic | 6† | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Non-Paralytic | 5* | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 1† | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Dysentery | 12* | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 |
| Food Poisoning | 8† | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 2 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Encephalitis (Infective) | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
† Includes one case subsequently not confirmed,
* Includes two cases subsequently not confirmed,
** Includes four cases subsequently not confirmed,
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