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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Table 29
| Disease | Twickenham | Whitton | Hampton | Hampton Hill | Teddington | Hampton Wick | Heath-field | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | Central | South | West | Upper | Lower | |||||||
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 1 | — | 7 | — | 2 | — | 8 | 44 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Food Poisoning | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 75 |
| Measles | 64 | 46 | 27 | 43 | 43 | 160 | 38 | 64 | 58 | 88 | 72 | 703 |
| Meningococcal Infections | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 8 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 4 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 3 | 17 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 101 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | 16 |
| Scarlet Fever | 13 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 29 | 135 |
| Whooping Cough | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 30 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 102 |
| Totals | 93 | 73 | 54 | 89 | 87 | 240 | 137 | 94 | 99 | 128 | 124 | 1,218 |