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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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Twenty-six deaths took place in St. John's Hospital, five
in the Nightingale Nursing Home, one in the married
quarters of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall,
one in the Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage, three
in the Carpenters Almshouses, and one in the parish Almshouses,
Church Street.
The following Table summarises the Mortality from the principal Zymotic diseases happening during the last 10 years:—
| 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Measles | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Diphtheria | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| Enteric Fever | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 20 | 11 | 15 |
Infantile Mortality.
As previously mentioned, the total number of deaths of
children under one year of age was 74. Of these 18 occurred
under the age of one week, 4 between one week and two weeks,
2 between two and three weeks, and 1 between three and four
weeks, a total under one month of 25. Four occurred between
one month and two months, 5 between two and three months,
7 between three and four months, 7 between four and five
months, 6 between five and six months, 3 between six and
seven months, 4 between seven and eight months, 4 between
eight and nine months, 2 between nine and ten months, 6
between ten and eleven months, and 2 between eleven and