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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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WARD DISTRIBUTION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1946.
| DISEASE | EAST TWICK. | CEN TWICK. | SOUTH TWICK | WEST TWICK. | WHITTON | HAMPTON | HAMPTON HILL | UPPER TEDD. | LOWER TEDD. | HAMPTON WICK | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebro—spinal Fever | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | ||||||
| Diphtheria | 1 | — | 1 | — | 4 | ||||||
| Dysentery | 1 | — | — | 1 | |||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 22 | |
| Malaria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 13 | ||
| Measles | 8 | 67 | 48 | 84 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 41 | 344 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | ||
| Acuto Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | l | 3 | |||||
| Ineumonia | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 64 |
| Fuerperal Pyrexia | _ | 1 | — | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 14 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 60 | |
| Whooping Cough | 9 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 20 | 189 | |
| TOTALS | 23 | 105 | 79 | 62 | 131 | 82 ' | 60 | 68 | 35 | 74 | 719 |