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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Table 27
| 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 | — | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | — | — | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | — | 44 | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | — | 13 | 1 | — |
| Food Poisoning | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 4 | — | 75 | 8 | — |
| Measles | 9 | 49 | 61 | 89 | 86 | 374 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 703 | 20 | — |
| Meningococcal Infections | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 17 | 16 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 44 | 21 | 2 | 101 | 8 | 50 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | — | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 85 | 11 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 135 | 42 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 54 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 102 | 4 | — |
| Totals | 24 | 62 | 86 | 121 | 120 | 539 | 46 | 16 | 16 | 43 | 40 | 72 | 31 | 2 | 1,218 | 125 | 51 |