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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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MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES DURING THE YEAR 1938.
| Disease. | Number of cases. | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 14 | 20 | 48 | 39 | 30 | 28 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 15 | 18. | 14 | 274 |
| Diphtheria | 17 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 70 |
| Pneumonia— Primary | 13 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 59 |
| Influenzal | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | - | - | 9 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| Acute Polio-Encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | 1 | — | — | - | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | — | 4 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 39 | |