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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
Bromley 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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TABLE VII
Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1952. Seasonal Incidence.
| Disease | Jan. | Feb. | Mch. | Apl. | May | Jne. | Jly. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 123 |
| Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 290 | 385 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 46 | 42 | 160 |
| Dysentery- | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 5 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | 36 |
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Food Poisoning | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 5 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | 2 | 6 | 54 |
| Malaria | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Totals | 23 | 31 | 47 | 40 | 50 | 36 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 29 | 78 | 356 | 783 |