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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Monthly Incidence of Infectious Diseases during the Year 1962
| Diseases | NUMBER OF CASES | TOTAL | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August | |||||||||||||
| Diphtheria | Nil | ||||||||||||
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||
| Erysipelas | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Pood Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Measles | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 43 |
| Meningococcal Infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil | |
| Pneumonia | 8 | - | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | V i |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Typhoid and Para-Typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil | ||
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 15 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 11 | 97 |
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