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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING- THE YEAR,
| DISEASE | CASES NOTIFIED AT VARIOUS AGES (YEARS) | Total Cases Notfd | Cases Admtd 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 | ||||
| Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Diphtheria | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 27 | 6 | - |
| Measles | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 41 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | — | - | - | 66 | 2 | - | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 7 | 7 | 20 | - | 49 | 13 | 53 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 11 | 7 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 65 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | - | 121 | 35 | — | |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| whooping Cough | 23 | 27 | 27 | 19 | 31 | 70 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 202 | 10 | 1 |