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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| J an . | Feb. | Mar. | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory Tuberculosis | 10 | 15 | 33 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 186 |
| Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 23 |
| Scarlet Fever | 17 | 20 | 33 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 168 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 29 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Enteric and Paratyphoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | - | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | - | 3 | 7 | 47 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Poliomyelitis and Polio-encephalitis | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 5 | 8 | - | 8 | - | 1 | 26 |
| Dysentery | 8 | 108 | 130 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 334 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ac. Pri. and Ac. Inf. Pneumonia | 3 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | 7 | 4 | 58 |
| Food Poisoning | - | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | - | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 40 |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 |
| Measles | 8 | 60 | 61 | 9 | 92 | 104 | 63 | 50 | 12 | 12 | 171 | 210 | 852 |
| Whooping Cough | 6 | 37 | 32 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 36 | 105 | 67 | 16 | 26 | 20 | 405 |
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