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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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WARD DISTRIBUTION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1945.
| DISEASE | EAST twice. | CEN. TWICK. | SOUTH TWICK. | WEST TWICK. | WHITTON | HAMPTON | HAMPTON HILL | UPPER TEDD. | LOWER TEDD. | HAMPTON WICK | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute Anterior Policinyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 |
| Diphthenia | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Dysentery | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Erysipelas | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29 |
| Malaria | l | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Measles | 30 | 114 | 125 | 192 | 268 | 197 | 110 | 106 | 102 | 114 | 1418 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 9 | 3 | - | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 51 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Scarlet Fever | 11 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 97 |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 28 | 13 | 27 | 29 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 163 |
| Total TOTAL | 109 | 165 | 159 | 233 | 318 | 244 | 143 | 144 | 125 | 144 | 1784 |
| CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1945 | |||||||||||