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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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| Disease | Twickenham | Whitton | Hampton | Hampton Hill | T eddington | Hampton Wick | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | Central | South | West | Upper | Lower | ||||||
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | ||||
| Diphtheria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Dysentery | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | ||
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 21 |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | |
| Measles | 29 | 29 | 31 | 59 | 98 | 111 | 48 | 25 | 31 | 81 | 542 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 | ||
| Acute Polio-encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | |||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 7 | |
| Pneumonia | 5 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 33 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | 12 | — | 12 | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 99 |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 12 | 29 | 22 | 18 | 142 |
| Totals | 51 | 52 | 51 | 81 | 130 | 177 | 72 | 75 | 64 | 116 | 869 |