Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Table 28.
Ward Distribution of Infectious Diseases Notified during the Year 1955.
Disease | Twickenham | Hampton Hill | Heddington | Hampton Wick | Heath-field | Total | ||||||
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East | Central | South | West | Whitton | Hampton | Upper | Lower | |||||
Dysentery | 8 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 34 | ||||
Encephalitis | ||||||||||||
Erysipelas | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||
Food Poisoning | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 62 | ||
Measles | 158 | 185 | 127 | 175 | 85 | 35 | 70 | 35 | 101 | 70 | 66 | 1,107 |
Meningococcal Infections | — | — | ||||||||||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
Acute Poliomyelitis | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | |||
Para-Typhoid | ||||||||||||
Pneumonia | 6 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 85 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 5 | I | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
Scarlet Fever | 10 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 97 |
Whooping Cough | 15 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 95 |
Totals | 203 | 206 | 155 | 218 | 106 | 99 | 122 | 79 | 139 | 104 | 90 | 1,521 |