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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 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 1970
MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 1970
| Jan | Feb | March | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept | Oct. | Nov | Dec. | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory Tuberculosis | 6 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 74 |
| Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 12 |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | . | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | 7 | 22 | 10 | - | 17 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 120 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | . | - | - | - |
| Acute Meningitis | - | . | 1 | 2 | - | . | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * |
| Typhus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 8 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Dysentery | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | - | n | - | - | 19 |
| Malarla | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Infective Jaundice | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 48 |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | 15 |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 12 | 42 | 34 | 49 | 91 | 195 | 213 | 129 | 40 | 22 | 73 | 138 | 1038 |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 26 | 26 | 41 | 147 |
| Leptospirosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tetanus | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Yellow Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | * | - | - | - | - | - | * |