London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Twickenham 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]#
This page requires JavaScript
48
Table 29.
| DISEASE | NUMBER OF CASES | TOTAL | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | A ugust | Sept. | October | Nov. | Dec. | ||
| Dysentery | — | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 31 | |
| Erysipelas | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Food Poisoning | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | — | 4 | 60 |
| Measles | 51 | 131 | 267 | 180 | 64 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 729 |
| Meningococcal Infections | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 4 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 10 |
| Pneumonia | 40 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 6 | 4 | 9 | 105 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 12 |
| Scarlet Fever | 15 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 100 |
| Whooping Cough | 29 | 24 | 21 | 30 | 31 | 35 | 22 | 27 | 16 | 5 | — | 12 | 252 |
| Totals | 142 | 193 | 323 | 230 | 122 | 84 | 53 | 47 | 32 | 33 | 12 | 44 | 1,315 |