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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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Subjoined is a table of the scheduled notifiable diseases,
with the number of cases occurring in each year for the past 10 years.
| 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Scarlet Fever | 28 | 44 | 34 | 31 | 142 | 97 | 105 | 57 | 23 | 101 |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 21 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 29 | 27 | 31 | 12 | 18 | 30 |
| Typhus Fever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 12 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 7 |
| Continued Fever | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Relapsing Fever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Cholera | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erysipelas | 15 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 78 | 109 | 77 | 65 | 194 | 153 | 159 | 94 | 48 | 148 |
Scarlet Fever.
There were 101 cases of Scarlet Fever notified ; of these
37 took place in the South Ward, 24 in the East Ward, 23 in the
West Ward, and 17 in the Central Ward.
Infectious Diseases Hospital.
Fifty-five cases of Scarlet Fever were admitted into the
temporary hospital, the Council still continuing their tenancy of
this building.
Of the 55 cases, 19 were removed from the West Ward,
13 from the Central, 20 from the East, and 3 from the South.
Nurse Quick performed her duties efficiently to the satisfaction