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Brentford and Chiswick 1948
[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 isease N otified during the Y ear, 1948.
| Disease | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At ages—years | |||||||||||||
| At all ages | 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 | 78* | - | 1 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Whooping Cough | 36§ | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | |
| Diphtheria | 1† | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Measles | 335‡ | 12 | 39 | 40 | 40 | 62 | 122 | 3 | 6 | 3 | — | — | |
| Pneumonia | 13 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | lx | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 10 | 4 | — | — |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Malaria (Contracted Abroad) | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
* In addition, four cases originally notified were subsequently diagnosed not Scarlet Fever.
‡ In addition, nine cases originally notified were subsequently diagnosed not Diphtheria.
|| In addition, two 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.
x Originally notified as Cerebro-Spinal Fever.