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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
Coulsdon and Purley 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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TABLE II.
THE MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 1945.
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | - | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 15 |
| Typhoid fever | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Paratyphoid fever | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Scarlet fever | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | |
| Erysipelas Puerperal pyrexia | 1 | - | - | - | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Pneumonia | 5 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 3 | 41 | 46 | 19 | 2 | - | 2 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 172 |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Measles | 20 | 107 | 278 | 129 | 76 | 80 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 705 | |||
| Whooping cough | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 100 | |
| Totals | 31 | 136 | 339 | 183 | 116 | 126 | 33 | 22 | 26 | 27 | 31 | 20 | 1,090 |