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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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| Disease | Jan. | Feb. | Mch. | Apl. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 11 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 120 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 401 | 321 | 174 | 59 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 968 |
| Whooping Cough | 52 | 51 | 86 | 60 | 31 | 23 | 29 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 382 |
| Dysentery | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 5 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 8 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 41 |
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fever | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 54 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 476 | 404 | 291 | 139 | 55 | 43 | 57 | 36 | 16 | 19 | 31 | 25 | 1592 |