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 | NUMBER OF CASES | TOTAL | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | Sept. | October | Nov. | Dec. | ||
| Cerebrospinal Fever | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||
| Diphtheria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||
| Dysentery | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 21 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 |
| Measles | 49 | 11 | 60 | 11 | 126 | 113 | 40 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 542 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 | ||||
| Acute Polio-encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | |||||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 7 |
| Pneumonia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 33 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | 1 | 2 | —- | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 12 |
| Scarlet Fever | 11 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 99 |
| Whooping Cough | 7 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 8 | — | 13 | 9 | 142 |
| Totals | — | 46 | 114 | 145 | 155 | 144 | 68 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 26 | 24 | 869 |