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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 1959
[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 | |||
| Diphtheria | _ | _ | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil | - |
| Dysentery | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | - | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 34 | - |
| Erysipelas | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | - | 10 | - |
| Food Poisoning | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | - | 42 | - |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil | - |
| Measles | 14 | 69 | 109 | 112 | 124 | 501 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 969 | - |
| Meningococcal Infections | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 20 | - | 80 | 78 |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 62 | 20 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 116 | - |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil | - |
| Typhoid & Para Typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil | - |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 38 | - |
| Totals | 25 | 82 | 132 | 130 | 146 | 591 | 56 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 18 | 43 | 31 | - | 1296 | 78 |