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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 29.
Ward Distribution of Infectious Diseases Notified during the Year 1951.
| Disease | T wickenham | Whitton | Hampton | Hampton Hill | Teddington | Hampton Wick | Heath- field | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | Central | South | West | Upper | Lower | |||||||
| Dysentery | 2 | — | 1 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 13 | 47 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 5 | 4 | 2 | — | 23 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| Measles | 111 | 119 | 65 | 133 | 262 | 238 | 160 | 102 | 141 | 81 | 69 | 1,481 |
| Para-typhoid | — | - | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Pneumonia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 83 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | 14 |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 4 | — | 5 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 64 |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 31 | 33 | 10 | 33 | 33 | 79 | 46 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 342 |
| Totals | 158 | 160 | 81 | 196 | 305 | 372 | 249 | 151 | 181 | 128 | 100 | 2,081 |