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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 1908
[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 ten years.
| 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scarlet Fever | 142 | 97 | 105 | 57 | 23 | 101 | 41 | 82 | 64 | 72 |
| Diptheria and Membranous Croup | 29 | 27 | 31 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 10 | 25 | 18 | 16 |
| Typhus Fever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 9 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Continued Fever | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Relapsing Fever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Puerperal Fever | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Cholera | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erysipelas .. | 11 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 11 |
| 194 | 153 | 159 | 94 | 48 | 148 | 70 | 132 | 98 | 100 |
This year's return shews an increase in comparison with
the previous year of 2 cases only.
Measles.
This disease was prevalent during the month of October,
and I had occasion to advise the closure, of St. Mary's School,
Infants' Department.
Small Pox.
No case of this disease was notified during the year
1908.