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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1940
| DISEASE | CASES NOTIFIED AT VARIOUS AGES (YEARS). | Total Cases Notfd. | Cases admtd. 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 | _ | 3 | _ | 1 | _ | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | _ | _ | 38 | 14 | _ |
| Diphtheria | 1 | _ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 18 | 17 | 3 |
| Enteric Fever including Paratyphoid. | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 2 | 2 | _ |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 3 | 6 | 1 | _ | _ | 10 | 3 | _ |
| Pneumonia | _ | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | _ | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 44 | 5 | 73 |
| Erysipelas | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | _ |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever. | _ | 2 | l | 1 | _ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | _ | 16 | 15 | 5 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Measles | 18 | 65 | 81 | 91 | 69 | 555 | 40 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | _ | 956 | 4 | 2 |
| hooping Cough | 3 | l | 14 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 46 | 1 | _ |