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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING 1941
| DISEASE | CASES NOTIFIED AT VARIOUS AGES (YEARS) | Total Cases notfd. | Cases admtd. to Hospt. | 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 | ||||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 16 | 16 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 25 | 25 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 19 | 3 | - |
| Measles | 5 | 23 | 38 | 34 | 35 | 113 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 292 | 5 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | - | - | — | — | — | — | - | - | 5 | 3 | — | ||||
| Paratyphoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 7 | 7 | - |
| Pneumonia | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 76 | 27 | 12 | 81 | 6 | 64 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | 6 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | - | 78 | 27 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 23 | 41 | 37 | 37 | 44 | 127 | 5 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 326 | 7 | 7 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | - | |||