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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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TABLE 28.
| DISEASE | CASES NOTIFIED AT VARIOUS AGES (YEARS) | Total cases notified | Cases admitted Hospital | Deaths | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-25 | 25-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | Over 65 | Age not known | ||||
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | - | 2 | 27 | - | - |
| Measles | 7 | 12 | 24 | 32 | 28 | 113 | 6 | 2 | - | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 235 | - | - |
| Para-typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | - | 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 46 | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | - | 15 | 13 | 12 | 58 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 115 | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 7 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 121 | - | - |
| Totals | 16 | 21 | 60 | 72 | 58 | 228 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 19 | 29 | 6 | 10 | 582 | 7 | - |