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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified during the Year 1957
| 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 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 17 | - |
| Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | - | - | 10 | - |
| Food Poisoning | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | - | 6 | 43 | - |
| Measles | 10 | 52 | 80 | 106 | 106 | 431 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 12 | 824 | - |
| Meningococcal Infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 75 | 74 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 9 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | - |
| Typhoid & ParaTyphoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 5 | 78 | - |
| Totals | 19 | 60 | 92 | 118 | 122 | 488 | 34 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 37 | 22 | 27 | 1079 | 74 |
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