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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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MONTHLY INCIDENCE OP INFECTIOUS DISEASES DURING THE YEAR 1943
| DISEASE | NUMBER OF CASES | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J an.. | Feh. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June ^ | ' July | Aug, | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||
| Acute Anterior Poliormyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Diphtheria | 1 / | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | / 1 | - | - | — | 1 | |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 19 | |
| Measles | 65 | 72 | 78 | 52 | 55 | 70 | 36 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 450 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | 1 | - | - - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 6 |
| Pneumonia | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 60 | ||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ~ | 3 | 18 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 18 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 21 | 8 | 28 | \ 35 | 35 | 20 | 238 | |
| Whooping Cough | 29 | 48 | 35 | 26 | 31 | 26 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 317 | |||