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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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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1946
| DISEASE | Under 1 yr. | 1—2 | CASES NOTIFIED AT VARIOUS AGES (YEARS) | Over 65 | Total cases Notfd. | Cases Adrntd Hosp. | Deaths | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2—3 | 3—4 | 4—5 | 5—10 | 10—15 | 15—20 | 20—25 | 25—35 | 35—45 | 45—65 | |||||||
| Cerehro—spinal Fever | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 22 | 3 | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | 13 | 10 | — |
| Measles | 7 | 30 | 46 | 34 | 42 | 164 | 14 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 344 | 11 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — |
| Acute poliomyelitis | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — |
| Pneumonia | 2 | — | — | l | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 64 | 7 | 58 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 10 | 3 | — | — | 14 | 12 | — |
| Searlet Fever | — | 1 | — | 4 | 4 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 60 | 34 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 22 | 20 | 20 | 31 | 22 | 66 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 189 | 12 | 2 |
| TOTALS | 35 | 51 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 271 | 28 | 7 | 14 | 34 | 21 | 32 | 18 | 719 | 100 | 63 |