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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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MONTHLY INOHMTCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES DURING THE YEAR 1946
| DISEASE | NUMBER OF CASES | TOTAL | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov . | Dec. | ||
| Cerehro-spinal Fever | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Dysentery | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | l | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 22 |
| Malaria | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 13 | |
| Measles | 1 | - | 2 | 10 | 58 | 131 | 59 | 18 | 12 | 26 | 13 | 14 | 344 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Pneumonia | 10 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 64 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| Scarlet Fever | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | - | 9 | 4 | 3 | 60 |
| Whooping Cough | 9 | 17 | 25 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 189 |
| TOTAlS | 35 | 44 | 48 | 44 | 93 | 162 | 82 | 44 | 31 | 55 | 34 | 47 | 719 |