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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Monthly Incidence of Infectious Diseases during the Year 1960.
| DISEASE | NUMBER OF CASES | TOTAL | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. | Feb. | March | Apr il | May | June | July | August | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil | |||
| Dysentery | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 6 | 48 | |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Pood Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Measles | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | 31 |
| Meningococcal Infections | - | . | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | • | - | - | Nil |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 25 |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Scarlet Fever | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 5 | 49 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil | |
| Typhoid and Para-Typhoid | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 2 | - | 9 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 77 |
| Totals | 15 | 19 | 20 | 40 | 26 | 35 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 24 2 |
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