Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1945
DISEASE | CASES NOTIFIED AT VARIOUS AGES (YEARS) | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 yr. | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-25 | 25-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | Over 65 | Total Cases Notfd. | Cases Admtd Hosp. | Deaths | |
Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - |
Cerebro Spinal Fever | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Diphtheria | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 4 | - |
Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 18 | 5 | 29 | 4 | - |
Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - |
Measles | 25 | 127 | 155 | 156 | 174 | 700 | 38 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | - | 1418 | 18 | 2 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 51 | 8 | 55 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 7 | 3 | - |
Scarlet Fever | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 97 | 33 | - |
Whooping Cough | 7 | 20 | 24 | 15 | 25 | 65 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 163 | 7 | 1 |
TOTAL | 35 | 151 | 184 | 178 | 201 | 819 | 60 | 40 | 13 | 22 | 23 | 36 | 22 | 1784 | 86 | 60 |