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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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| DISEASE | CASES NOTIFIED AT VARIOUS AGES (YEARS) | Total cases notified | Deaths | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-25 | 25-35 | 35—45 | 45-65 | Over 65 | Age not known | |||
| Dysentery | - | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 77 | - |
| Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 3 | - | 10 | - |
| Food Poisoning | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 33 | - |
| Measles | 7 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 118 | 7 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 208 | - |
| Meningococcal Infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 11 | - | 59 | 64 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 9 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | - | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 51 | - |
| Typhoid & Para-Typhoic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 43 | 4 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 91 | - |
| Totals | 17 | 31 | 33 | 38 | 35 | 223 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 24 | 42 | 19 | 8 | 543 | 64 |