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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Disease | Number of Cases Notified | ||||||||||||
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At all ages | At ages - ye ars | ||||||||||||
Under 1 | l | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 to 10 | 10 to15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 65 | Over 65 | ||
Scarlet Fever | 29(5) | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 1 | - | |||
Whooping Cough | 65 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | |
Measles | 773(1) | 23 | 49 | 63 | 82 | 90 | 437 | 22 | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | - |
Pneumonia | 26 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
Ac. Poliomyelitis Paralytic | 4(2) | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Non-Paralytic | 2(2) | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||||||
Diphtheria | 1(1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
Dysentery | 7(1) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 82 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 61 | 12 | - | - | |
Erysipelas | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Food Poisoning | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - |
Acute Encephalitis (Infective) | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Figures in brackets denote number of cases subsequently not
confirmed
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