Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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The deaths amongst infants under one year of age since 1901, are as follows, viz.:—
South Ward. | East Ward. | Central Ward. | West Ward. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1901 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 27 |
1902 | 10 | 19 | 20 | 36 |
1903 | 7 | 22 | 11 | 31 |
1904 | 13 | 14 | 23 | 59 |
1905 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 48 |
1906 | 13 | 16 | 26 | 67 |
1907 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 52 |
1908 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 33 |
1909 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 31 |
1910 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 32 |
From these figures it would appear that about 50 per
cent, of the infantile mortality in the whole district arose in
the West Ward, practically the same percentage as for last
year.
Notifiable Diseases.
Subjoined is a table of the scheduled Notifiable Diseases with the number oik cases occurring in each year for the piast ten years.
1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scarlet Fever | 105 | 57 | 23 | 101 | 41 | 82 | 64 | 72 | 102 | 65 |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 31 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 10 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 30 | 31 |
Typhus Pever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Enteric or Typhoid Pever | 9 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Continued Pever | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Relapsing Pever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | o | 0 |
Puerperal Fever | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Cholera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Erysipelas | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 12 |
159 | 94 | 48 | 148 | 70 | 132 | 98 | 100 | 136 | 109 |