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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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13
Poliomyelitis 14
Tubercular disease 5
Rickets 2
Other 3
Six of these cases were discovered for the first time on
medical inspection during the year.
(j) Acute infectious disease.
The incidence of acute infectious disease in the Schools
is indicated in the following table:—
| School | Measles | Wh. C. | Ch.Pox | Mumps | Diphth. | Sc. fever |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trafalgar Boys | 2 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| „ Girls | 12 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| „ Infants | 72 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Orleans Boys | 11 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| „ Girls | 36 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| „ Infants | 153 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Whitton Mixed | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — |
| Nelson Infants | 7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| St. Mary's Boys | 6 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — |
| „ Girls | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| „ Infants | 26 | 2 | 2 | — | 4 | — |
| Arch. Cam. Boys | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| „ Girls | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | — |
| „ Infants | 55 | — | 3 | — | 4 | 1 |
| St. Stephen's Boys | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| „ Girls | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| „ Infants | 31 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 1 |
| St. James' R.C. | 7 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Gould Road | 9 | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Other schools | 9 | — | — | — | 14 | 3 |
| Total | 439 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 46 | 15 |
The cases of measles were much more numerous than
during the preceding year, during which this disease was
almost absent from the district. The schools chiefly affected
were the Infants' departments of Orleans, Trafalgar,
St. Mary's and Archdeacon Cambridge.