London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 27
| Diseases | Heath-field | Whitton | West Twickenham | Central Twickenham | South Twickenham | East Twickenham | Hampton | Hampton Hill | Upper Teddington | Lower Teddington | Hampton Wick | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Dysentery | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | - | 6 | 34 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | l | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Pood Poisoning | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 7 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 42 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil | |
| Measles | 88 | 65 | 92 | 59 | 77 | 132 | 107 | 128 | 87 | 49 | 85 | 969 |
| Meningococcal Infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 80 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Scarlet Fever | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 116 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 10 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 38 |
| Totals | 104 | 70 | 102 | i O | 92 | 159 | 133 | 170 | 125 | 91 | 127 | 1296 |