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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Monthly Incidence of Infectious Diseases during the Year 1957
DISEASE | NUMBER OF CASES | TOTAL | |||||||||||
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January | Feb. | March | April | May | June | July | August | Sept. | October | Nov. | Dec. | ||
Dysentery | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | |||||
Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Erysipelas | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 10 | ||
Food Poisoning | 2 | 6 | 5 | - | 2 | - | |||||||
Measles | 2 | 102 | 120 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Meningococcal Infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | ||
Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
para-Typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Pneumonia | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | ||
Scarlet Fever | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | |||
Whooping Cough | 1 | 2 | 5 | 21 | - | 2 | |||||||
Totals | 102 | 121 |
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