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Twickenham 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]#
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Table 28.
Gases of Infectious Diseases Notified during the Year 1953.
| DISEASE | Under 1 year | CASES NOTIFIED AT VARIOUS AGES {YEARS) | Total cases notified | Cases admitted Hospital | Deaths | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | 3 | — | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | 31 | 8 | — |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | 11 | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 7 | — | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 6 | — | 60 | 5 | — |
| Measles | 13 | 46 | 60 | 96 | 101 | 374 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 729 | 25 | — |
| Meningococcal Infections | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 9 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 33 | — | 105 | 11 | 51 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 12 | 12 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | 3 | 3 | 14 | 67 | 10 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 100 | 28 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 32 | 14 | 21 | 30 | 36 | 103 | 5 | — | — | 4 | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 252 | 14 | 1 |
| Totals | 57 | 63 | 91 | 134 | 159 | 574 | 41 | 19 | 12 | 35 | 29 | 53 | 45 | 3 | 1,315 | 113 | 54 |