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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
Croydon 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 1955
| Jan. | Feb. | March | April | May | June | July | August | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory Tuberculosis | 13 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 152 |
| Non-Respi ratory Tuberculosis | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ? | 70 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 10 | 16 | 36 | 27 | 32 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 32 | 21 | 250 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Erysipelas Meningococcal | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| Infection | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | __ | - | - | 5 |
| Enteric and Paratyphoid | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | |||||
| Smal1pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Typhus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 19 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 98 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | |||
| Poliomyelitis and Polio—encephalitis | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | ?9 | |||
| Dysentery | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 673 | 365 | 38 | 10 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 12 | 1,179 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ac. Pri. and Ac. Inf. | |||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 16 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 75 |
| Food Poisoning | - | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 79 |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Measles | 317 | 1,188 | 2, 210 | 888 | 233 | 160 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5,052 |
| Whooping Cough | 8 | 17 | 21 | 28 | 32 | 77 | 29 | 32 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 276 |
| total | 7,259 | ||||||||||||