London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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WARD DISTRIBUTION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFED DURING THE YEAR.
| DISEASE | EAST TWICK | CEN. TWICK. | SOUTH TWICK. | WEST TWICK. | WHITTON | HAMPTON | HAMPTON HILL. | UPPER TED. | LOWER TED. | HAMPTON WICK. | TOTAL. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| Malaria | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Measles | 48 | 42 | 59 | 52 | 69 | 37 | 75 | 115 | 72 | 38 | 607 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 5 |
| Pneumonia | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 60 |
| Polioencephalites | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 5 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| Purperal Pyrexia | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 13 |
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 60 |
| Whooping Cough. | 17 | 31 | 18 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 2k | 30 | 23 | 19 | 228 |
| TOTALS | 78 | 87 | 91 | 82 | 124 | 69 | 109 | 172 | 117 | 84 | 1013 |