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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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MONTHLY INCIDENCE OP INFECTIOUS DISEASES DURING THE YEAR, 1944
| DISEASE | NUMBER OF CASES | TOTAL | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||
| Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Carebro-Spinal Fever | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 27 |
| Measles | - | - | 3 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | - | 5 | 4 | 22 | 66 |
| Ophthalmie Neonatorum. | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 8 |
| Pneumonia | 11 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 49 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 11 |
| Scarlet Fever | 16 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 121 |
| Typhoid | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | l |
| Whooping Cough | 15 | 28 | 25 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 13 | 4 | l | 7 | 3 | 25 | 202 |