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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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The following figures serve to show the extent of this work in Richmond. The Council will already be aware that no case of either of these diseases occurred in the Borough during 1945.
| Month. | Nature of Contact | |
|---|---|---|
| Typhus. | Smallpox. | |
| January | — | — |
| February | — | — |
| March | — | 2 |
| April | — | 2 |
| May | 3 | — |
| June | 6 | — |
| July | 9 | — |
| August | 16 | — |
| September | 4 | — |
| October | 2 | 2 |
| November | 4 | — |
| December | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 46 | 7 |
SOUTH MIDDLESEX FEVER HOSPITAL.
| Disease. | No. of Patients Admitted from Richmond. |
|---|---|
| Malaria | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 14 |
| Diphtheria | 1 |
| Measles | 5 |
| Whooping Cough | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 1 |
| Other Diseases | 13 |
| Total | 37 |
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
The Diphtheria Germ.
Diphtheria is due to a germ which survives with difficulty apart
from the human body. Thus the disease spreads normally through the
agency either of cases or of "carriers." In rarer instances it has been
spread by milk.