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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Notifiable Disease | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory Tuberculosis | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 81 |
| Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 13 |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Scarlet Fever | 26 | 36 | 46 | 21 | 31 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 235 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 14 | |||
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Enteric & Paratyphoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | ||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Dysentery | 5 | 18 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 31 | |||||
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Ac. Pri. & Ac. Inf. Pneumonia | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 28 |
| Food Poisoning | 8 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 30 | |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Measles | 1197 | 2150 | 976 | 252 | 163 | 129 | 106 | 57 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 5076 |
| Whooping Cough | 11 | 25 | 17 | 38 | 19 | 50 | 93 | 105 | 68 | 35 | 38 | 7 | 506 |
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