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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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C.--Ages of Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1947.
| 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 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 651 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 76§ | 11 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 18 | — | 1 | - | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 3† | — | - | 1 | - | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 438‡ | 15 | 53 | 47 | 77 | 58 | 167 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 13 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 27x | 3 | 4 | — | 2 | — | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 4 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 11 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Malaria (Contracted Abroad) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — |
*In addition, three cases originally notified were subsequently diagnosed not Scarlet Fever.
†In addition, five cases originally notified were subsequently diagnosed not Diphtheria.
xln addition, eleven cases originally notified were subsequently diagnosed not Poliomyelitis.
‡In addition, two cases originally notified were subsequently diagnosed not Measles.
§In addition, one case originally notified was subsequently diagnosed not Whooping Cough.