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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1938
| Disease. | Cases notified at various ages (years). | Total cases notified | No. of cases admitted to hosp. | Total deaths | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-25 | 25-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | Over 65 | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | - | 6 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 149 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 4 | - | 1 | 274 | 233 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | 2 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 70 | 69 | 5 |
| Pnuemonia— Primary Influenzal | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 59 | 53 | |
| - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | 9 | |||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Acute Polio-Encephalitis. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | — |
| Dysentery | - | — | — | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 1 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 5 | — | — | 15 | 13 | |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 2 | - | 6 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 39 | 6 | - |