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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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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1947.
| DISEASE | CASES NOTIFIED AT VARIOUS AGES (YEARS) | Total Cases Notfd. | Cases Admtd Hosp. | Deaths | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Unkn. | Under 1 yr. | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-25 | 25-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | Over 65 | ||||
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 4 | - |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| Measles | 3 | 15 | 51 | 77 | 78 | 72 | 255 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | - | 607 | 33 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | - |
| Pneumonia | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 10 | 60 | 3 | 66 |
| Polioen-cephalitis | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | - |
| Poliomyelitis | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 9 | 4 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 9 | 2 | - | - | 13 | 8 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 6 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 60 | 26 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 34 | 36 | 78 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 228 | 30 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 6 | 45 | 74 | 106 | 118 | 112 | 367 | 44 | 36 | 15 | 29 | 19 | 31 | 11 | 1013 | 126 | 75 |