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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
Chislehurst 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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TABLE V.
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1954. Seasonal Incidence.
| Disease | Jan. | Feb | Mar. | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 3 | - | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 29 |
| Encephalitis | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 6 |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 5 |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 16 | 78 | 126 | 229 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| Acute Pneumonia | 8 | - | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | - | 12 | 14 | 62 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 15 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 96 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 13 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 30 | 38 | 223 |
| Totals | 38 | 26 | 25 | 43 | 40 | 39 | 31 | 38 | 27 | 39 | 131 | 183 | 660 |