Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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MONTHLY INCIDENCE OP INFECTIOUS DISEASES DURING THE YEAR 1947
DISEASE | NUMBER OF CASES | TOTAL | |||||||||||
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Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apl. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||
Cerebro-spinal Fever | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 14 |
Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | |
Measles | 34 | 212 | 139 | 85 | 60 | 41 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 607 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | |
Pneumonia | 11 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 60 |
Polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | 5 |
. Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | 13 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 13 |
Scarlet Fever | 18 | 6 | 6 | 9 | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 5 | 4 | 60 |
Whooping Cough . | 31 | 41 | 45 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 228 |
TOTAL | 97 | 270 | 205 | 135 | 82 | 62 | 54 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 23 | 27 | 1013 |