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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]#
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Table 30.
| Disease | Twickenham | Whitton | Hampton | Hampton Hill | Teddington | Hampton Wick | Heath-field | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | Central | South | West | Upper | Lower | |||||||
| Dysentery | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | — | 3 | — | 6 | 5 | 2 | 31 | |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 11 |
| Food Poisoning | 11 | 1 | 4 | 12 | — | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 60 |
| Measles | 70 | 55 | 65 | 69 | 17 | 93 | 76 | 58 | 128 | 60 | 38 | 729 |
| Meningococcal Infections | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 4 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 105 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | 1 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 12 |
| Scarlet Fever | 10 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 100 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 23 | 14 | 45 | 23 | 27 | 29 | 32 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 252 |
| Totals | 99 | 102 | 103 | 151 | 56 | 181 | 140 | 106 | 185 | 117 | 75 | 1,315 |