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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES DURING THE YEAR 1942
| DISEASE | NUMBER OF CASES | TOTAL | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 7 |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| Malaria | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Measles | 6 | 70 | 141 | 49 | 73 | 179 | 120 | 106 | 19 | 58 | 125 | 198 | 1144 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | 1 | — | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 |
| Pneumonia | 9 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 50 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 15 | 125 |
| Whooping Cough | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 18 | 91 |