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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Table 25
| DISEASE | NUMBER OF CASES | TOTAL | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan« | Feb. | March | April | May | June | July | August | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Dysentery | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 11 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 9 |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Measles | 32 | 139 | 242 | 198 | 233 | 171 | 54 | 21 | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | 1097 |
| Meningococcal Infections | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Pneumonia | 4 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 32 |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 6 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 32 | |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Typhoid and Para-Typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Whooping Cough | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 33 |
| Totals | 47 | 162 | 259 | 212 | 241 | 184 | 59 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1221 |