Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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TABLE 29.
Monthly Incidence of Infectious Diseases during the Year 1950.
DISEASE | NUMBER OF CASES | TOTAL | |||||||||||
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January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | Sept. | October | Nov. | Dec. | ||
Dysentery | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Erysipelas | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20 | |||
Food Poisoning | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 27 | |||
Measles | 2 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 46 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 81 | 235 | |
Para-typhoid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | 10 | |||
Pneumonia | 5 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | — | 4 | 46 | |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | ||||
Scarlet Fever | 10 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 115 |
Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
Whooping Cough | 8 | 10 | — | 5 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 121 |
Totals | 27 | 43 | 37 | 25 | 54 | 74 | 53 | 51 | 22 | 33 | 52 | 111 | 582 |