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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Table 28
Monthly Incidence of Infectious Diseases during the Year 1951.
| DISEASE | NUMBER OF CASES | TOTAL | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | A ugust | Sept. | October | Nov. | Dec. | ||
| Dysentery | — | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | — | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 47 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | 23 |
| Food Poisoning | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | — | 2 | 23 |
| Measles | 300 | 384 | 366 | 210 | 78 | 25 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 19 | 26 | 39 | 1,481 |
| Para-typhoid | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | - | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 |
| Pneumonia | 9 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 83 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 14 |
| Scarlet Fever | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 64 |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 25 | 65 | 64 | 81 | 37 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 342 |
| Totals | 345 | 487 | 459 | 311 | 131 | 74 | 54 | 43 | 22 | 46 | 46 | 63 | 2,081 |