Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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Notified C ases of Infectious Diseases, 1941.
Diseases. | Totals | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May. | Jun. | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | D'ths |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diphtheria | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
Scarlet fever | 67 | 4 | 13 | - | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | |||
Typhoid fever | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Dysentery | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 1 |
Malaria | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||||
Erysipelas | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | ||||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Measles | 699 | 190 | 125 | 40 | 75 | 159 | 90 | 15 | 3 | - | - | - | - | |
Whooping Cough | 325 | 3 | 13 | 46 | 67 | 59 | 57 | 34 | 5 | 5 | - | |||
Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 7 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
pneumonia | 51 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 48 |
Tuberculosis -Pulmonary | 59 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 32 | ||
Non-Pulmonary | 11 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 5 | |
Totals | 1278 | 212 | 171 | 74 | 134 | 250 | 92 | 47 | 53 | 24 | 27 | 89 |
" Including all forms of pneumonia, notifiable & non-notifiable.