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Brentford and Chiswick 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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C.— A ges of C ases of I nfectious D iseases N otified during the Y ear 1945.
| Disease | 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 35 | 35 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and over | ||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 371 | — | — | 2 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 8† | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | - |
| Pneumonia | 15 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 93 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | — | 6 | 3 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | - | — | 1 | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 3 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 525 | 21 | 79 | 69 | 54 | 67 | 207 | 16 | 2 | 10 | — | — | - |
| Whooping Cough | 21 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | — | - | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 15 | 1 | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Malaria (Non-Civilian) | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
*In addition, two cases originally notified were subsequently diagnosed not Scarlet Fever,
† In addition, five cases originally notified were subsequently diagnosed not Diphtheria.
§ In addition, one case originally notified was subsequently diagnosed not Erysipelas.
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