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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 1957
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Now. | Dec. | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory Tuberculosis | 15 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 16 | 147 | ||
| Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 15 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 10 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 133 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 27 | |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 |
| Enteric ana Paratyphoid | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | • | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 78 |
| Ophthalmla Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 6 |
| Poliomyelitis and Polio-encephalitis | 1 | - | _ | 1 | _ | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 36 |
| Dysentery | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 104 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 139 |
| Malaria | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Ac. Prl. and Act. Inf. Pneumonia | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 21 | 90 |
| Food Poisoning | 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 74 |
| Acute Encephalitis | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Measles | 6 54 | 819 | 1371 | 610 | 241 | 118 | 57 | 23 | 10 | - | 1 | - | 390 4 |
| Whooping Cough | 69 | 68 | 75 | 38 | 43 | 31 | 37 | 38 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 469 |
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