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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 31.
Ward Distribution of Infectious Diseases Notified during the Year 1949.
| Disease | Twickenham | Whitton | Hampton | Hampton Hill | Teddington | Hampton Wick | Heath-field | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | Central | South | West | Upper | Lower | |||||||
| Dysentery | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 8 |
| Erysipelas | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | 16 |
| Food Poisoning | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 31 | — | — | 1 | — | 63 |
| Measles | 42 | 44 | 24 | 32 | 91 | 99 | 79 | 139 | 109 | 89 | 1 | 749 |
| Para-typhoid | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 15 |
| Pneumonia | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 33 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | 21 |
| Scarlet Fever | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 128 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 15 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 63 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 199 |
| Totals | 77 | 63 | 42 | 73 | 192 | 171 | 132 | 181 | 153 | 131 | 20 | 1,235 |