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Orpington 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]

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TABLE VI.

NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1954. Seasonal Incidence.

Disease.Jan.Feb.Mar.Apr.MayJuneJulyAug.Sept.Oct.Nov.Dec.Total.
Scarlet Fever141522157131021543111
Diphtheria
Measles1124126112269515
Whooping Cough11518192723175744253634316
Dysentery4127
Erysipelas11215
Meningococcal Infection11
Encephalitis112
Pneumonia (all forms)932123153791156
Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fever22
Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis11
Food Poisoning3324113
Puerperal Pyrexia3871013922397293
Malaria11
Ophthalmia Neonatorum11
TOTALS3046564539534388551791713191124