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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
Twickenham 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES DURING THE YEAR 1941
| disease | ITTLIBEE OF CASES | total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAN. | feb. | MAR. | april | MAY | june | july | aug. | sept. | oct. | NOV. | dec. | ||
| Acute Polionyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 25 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| Measles | 66 | 61 | 39 | 34 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 292 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 5 |
| Paratyphoid | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| Pneumonia | 13 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 81 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 78 |
| Whooping Cough | 20 | 17 | 23 | 51 | 33 | 68 | 35 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 326 |