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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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MONTHLY INCIDENCE OP INFECTIOUS DISEASES DURING THE YEAR 1940
| DISEASE | NUMBER OF CASES | TOTAL | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 2 | 2 | _ | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 38 |
| Diphtheria | 4 | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | 4 | 5 | l | 18 |
| Enteric Fever including Paratyphoid. | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 10 |
| pneumonia. | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 44 |
| Erysipelas. | 3 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 2 | _ | 3 | 10 |
| Cerehro-suinal Fever. | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | _ | _ | 3 | _ | 2 | _ | _ | 16 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 3 | _ | _ | _ | 4 |
| Measles. | 3 | 14 | 7 | 2 | _ | 4 | 37 | 64 | 153 | 471 | 130 | 71 | 956 |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | _ | 2 | l | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 46 |