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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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TABLE II.
THE MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 1947.
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Paratyphoid fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Scarlet fever | 8 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 78 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | 7 | 5 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 20 |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 43 |
| Cerebro spinal fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | 11 |
| Measles | 6 | 55 | 56 | 29 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 218 |
| Whooping cough | 12 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 115 | |
| Totals | 52 | 71 | 72 | 64 | 44 | 42 | 67 | 27 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 494 |