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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Table 30.
Monthly Incidence of Infectious Diseases during the Year 1949.
| DISEASE | NUMBER OF CASES | TOTAL | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | Sept. | October | Nov. | Dec. | ||
| Dysentery | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 8 | |
| Erysipelas | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 20 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | — | 63 |
| Measles | 9 | 48 | 206 | 186 | 134 | 87 | 42 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | — | 749 |
| Para-typhoid | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 4 | 33 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | 21 |
| Scarlet Fever | 8 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 30 | 128 |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 30 | 35 | 37 | 34 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 3 | — | 9 | 2 | 4 | 199 |
| Totals | 56 | 93 | 263 | 234 | 172 | 120 | 82 | 72 | 37 | 38 | 27 | 41 | 1235 |