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Brentford and Chiswick 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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C. - AGES, QF C ASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1941.
| NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | At Ages - Years | ||||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 and under 10 | 10 and under 15 | 15 and under 20 | 20 and under 15 | 35 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and over | ||
| Sma11—pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 55 | 1 | 10* | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| Diphtheria | 26 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid). | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorium | 1 | - | *- | ||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 15 | - | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | |||||||
| Erysipelas | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | |||||||
| Acute Polio-encephalitis | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | |||||
| Dysentery | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| Measled | 254 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 30 | 28 | 130 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 92 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 3 | ||||||
* Two cases were subsequently discharged from Hospital as "not Scarlet Fever".
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