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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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| Disease | Twickenham | Whitton | Hampton | Hampton Hill | Teddington | Hampton Wick | Heath-field | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | Central | South | West | Upper | Lower | |||||||
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | - | 20 |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | - | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 27 |
| Measles | 71 | 18 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 235 |
| Para-typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 10 |
| Pneumonia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 9 | - | 46 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Scarlet Fever | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 115 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 121 |
| Totals | 101 | 26 | 28 | 46 | 89 | 66 | 56 | 54 | 53 | 36 | 27 | 582 |