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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Table 25
| 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 | 4 | - | 6 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 67 | - |
| Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | - |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | - | 1 | 43 | - |
| Measles | 8 | 32 | 47 | 59 | 48 | 228 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | 5 | 456 | - |
| Meningococcal Infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 64 | 71 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 28 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 38 | - |
| Typhoid & Para-Typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 30 | - |
| Totals | 12 | 46 | 60 | 67 | 58 | 291 | 40 | 15 | 16 | 25 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 717 | 71 |