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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY DIPHTHERIA, SCARLET FEVER AND ENTERIC FEVER 1937 -
| YEAR | DIPHTHERIA | SCARLET FEVER | ENTERIC PEVER | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Cases | Case Rate per 1,000 pop. | No. of deaths. | Death Rate per 1,000 pop. | No. of Cases | Case Rate per 1,000 pop. | No. of deaths. | Death Rate per 1,000 pop. | No. of Cases | Case rate per 1,000 pop. | No. of deaths. | Death Rate per 1,000 pop. | |
| 1937 | 116 | 1.23 | 2 | 0.02 | 148 | 1.57 | - | - | 2 | 0.02 | 1 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 70 | 0.72 | 5 | 0.05 | 274 | 2.83 | 1 | 0.01 | - | - | - | - |
| 1939 | 25 | 0.25 | 3 | 0.03 | 93 | 0.95 | - | - | 2 | 0.02 | - | |
| 1940 | 18 | 0.19 | 3 | 0.03 | 38 | 0.41 | - | - | 2 | 0.02 | - | |
| 1941 | 25 | 0.27 | 3 | 0.03 | 78 | 0.85 | - | - | 7 | 0.07 | - | - |
| 1942 | 7 | 0.08 | 1 | 0.01 | 125 | 1.35 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 4 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.01 | 238 | 2.56 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1944 | 5 | 0.06 | 3 | 0.03 | 121 | 1.37 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1945 | 4 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.01 | 97 | 1.06 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1946 | 4 | 0.04 | - | - | 60 | 0.58 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1947 | 4 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.01 | 60 | 0.58 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Smallpox
No case of smallpox was notified during the year. Eight
contacts were kept under observation by the Department.
Pneumonia, Malaria and Dysentery.
Pneumonia.
There were 60 cases of pneumonia notified during the year,
a decrease of four on 1946. Deaths numbered 66.
Malaria.
Two cases of malaria were notified during the year, one of
which was treated in hospital. Both cases were contracted
abroad.
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