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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Table 26.
Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified during the Year 1955.
| DISEASE | Under 1 year | 1-2 | CASES NOTIFIED AT VARIOUS AGES (YEARS) | Age not known | Total cases notified | Deaths | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-25 | 25-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | Over 65 | ||||||
| Dysentery | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | — | 34 | |
| Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | - |
| Food Poisoning | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 62 | |
| Measles | 13 | 67 | 109 | 111 | 136 | 608 | 18 | 8 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 31 | 1107 | 1 |
| Meningococcal Infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | 2 | - | - | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 19 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 85 | 48 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | - | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | 9 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 63 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 97 | — |
| Typhoid & Para-Typhoid | ||||||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 48 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 95 | — | |
| Totals | 29 | 78 | 132 | 132 | 157 | 747 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 29 | 27 | 36 | 41 | 43 | 1521 | 50 |