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Twickenham 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Scarlet Fever.
The number of cases of scarlet fever notified during the year was 99,
an increase of 39 on 1947. There were 49 cases admitted to hospital No
deaths were recorded from this disease.
Enteric Fever.
No cases of enteric fever were notified during the year. There were
no deaths.
Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever and Enteric Fever. 1937-1948.
| Year | Diphtheria | Scarlet Fever | Enteric Fever | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Cases | Case Rate per 1,000 pop. | No. of Deaths | Death Rate per 1,000 pop. | o. 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 | 001 |
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1948 | 1 | 0.01 | — | — | 99 | 0.93 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Smallpox.
No case of smallpox was notified during the year. Three contacts were
kept under observation by the department.
Pneumonia, Malaria, Dysentery.
Pneumonia. There were 33 cases of pneumonia notified during the
year, a decrease of 27 on 1947. Deaths numbered 48.
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