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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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MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES YEAR. 1945
| DISEASE | NUMBER OF CASES | TOTAL | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May. | June. | July. • | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||
| Acute anterior Poliomyelitis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Diphihoria | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Ery sipelas | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 29 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Measles | 132 | 620 | 1+16 | 150 | 53 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1418 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 51 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 7 |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 97 |
| Whooping Cough | 22 | 10 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 163 |
| TOTAL | 170 | 656 | 456 | 176 | 68 | 5k | 31 | 39 | 30 | 31 | 35 | 38 | 1784 |