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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

Richmond upon Thames 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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Table: If we go back over the last fifty years we find that every few years there is a recrudescence of the disease.

If we go back over the last fifty years we find that every few years there is a recrudescence of the disease.

Total Casks Notified.Total Heaths.
Under I year1-22—33—44 -55-1010-1515-2020-3535-4545—6565 and over.Under 1 year1—22—33-44-55 -1010-1515—2020—3535-4545—6555 and over.
Diphtheria......5......143...21............1...........................
Scarlet Fever......239533465.............................................
Chicken Pox......3121262................................................
Pneumonia (Primary)........................111...311.........1...11118
Influenzal Pneumonia........................................................................
Erysipe'as...........................162....................................
Paratyphoid B.........................................................................
Acute Poliomyelitis........................................................................
Encephalitis Lethargica........................1...11........................1...11
Tuberculosis:— (a) Pulmonary..................1...26813........................15672
(b) Non Pulmonary......2......11131............31...............211