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 23.
Infectious Diseases. Incidence and Mortality
DIPHTHERIA, SCARLET FEVER AND ENTERIC FEVER 1940- 1957
Year | Diphtheria | Scarlet Fever | Enteric Fever | |||||||||
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No. of Cases | Case Rate per 1,000 pop. | No. of Deaths | Death Rate per 1,000 pop. | No. of Cases | Case Rate per 1,000 pop. | No. of Deaths | Death Rate per 1,000 pop. | No. of Cases | Case Rate per 1,000 pop. | No. of Deaths | Death Rate per 1,000 pop. | |
1940 | 18 | 0.19 | 3 | 0.03 | 38 | 0.41 | - | 2 | 0.02 | - | - | |
1941 | 25 | 0.27 | 3 | 0.03 | 78 | 0.85 | - | - | 7 | 0.07 | - | - |
1942 | 7 | 0.08 | 1 | 0.01 | 125 | 1.35 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.01 |
1943 | 4 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.01 | 238 | 2.56 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1944 | 5 | 0.06 | 3 | 0.03 | 121 | 1.37 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1945 | 4 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.01 | 97 | 1.06 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1946 | 4 | 0.04 | - | - | 60 | 0.58 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1947 | 4 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.01 | 60 | 0.58 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1948 | 1 | 0.01 | - | - | 99 | 0.93 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1949 | - | - | - | - | 128 | 1.20 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1950 | - | - | - | - | 115 | 1. 07 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1951 | - | - | - | - | 64 | 0.60 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1952 | - | - | - | - | 135 | 1.28 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1953 | - | - | - | - | 100 | 0.95 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1954 | - | - | - | - | 64 | 0.61 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1955 | - | - | - | - | 97 | 0.93 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1956 | - | - | - | - | 51 | 0.49 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1957 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 0.16 | - | - | - | - | - | - |