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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 27.
Monthly Incidence of Infectious Diseases during the Year 1955.
| DISEASE | NUMBER OF CASES | TOTAL | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | A ugust | Sept. | October | Nov. | Dec. | ||
| Dysentery | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | — | 34 | ||
| Encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Erysipelas | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 8 |
| Food Poisoning... | 2 | 14 | 5 | 7 | — | 4 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 5 | — | — | 62 |
| Measles ... | 2 | 10 | 17 | 118 | 363 | 419 | 134 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1,107 |
| Meningococcal Infections | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 5 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| Para-Typhoid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 13 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 5 | 10 | 9 | 85 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 97 |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 95 |
| Totals | 22 | 59 | 66 | 161 | 387 | 453 | 171 | 57 | 32 | 44 | 35 | 34 | 1,521 |