Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Ward Distribution of Infectious Diseases Notified during the Year 1962
| Diseases | Heath-field | Whitton | West Twickenham | Ventral Twickenham | South Twickenham | East Twickenham | Hampton | Hampton Hill | Upper Tedd ington | Lower Teddington | Hampton Wick | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | Nil | |||||||
| Dysentery | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||||
| Erysipelas | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Food Poisoning | - | - | Nil | |||||||||
| Malaria | Nil | |||||||||||
| Measles | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 43 | ||||
| Meningococcal Infections | - | - | Nil | |||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | Nil | ||||||||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 26 | |
| Poliomyelitis | - | Nil | ||||||||||
| puerperal pyrexia | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 21 | ||||
| Smallpox | - | Nil | ||||||||||
| Typhoid and Para-Typhoid | Nil | |||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Totals | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 97 |
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