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 Merton & Morden]
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TABLE XVII.
Disease | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Scarlet Fever | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 112 |
Diphtheria | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | –– | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 |
Dysentery | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Pneumonia | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 33 |
Influenzal Pneumonia | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 7 |
Food Poisoning | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 4 | 6 | – | – | 16 |
Erysipelas | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 15 |
T.B. Pulmonary | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 74 |
T.B. Non-Pulmonary | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 11 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 4 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
Poliomyelitis | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 8 |
Polio Encephalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Measles | 37 | 258 | 225 | 234 | 169 | 68 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1,049 |
Whooping Cough | 2 | 11 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 39 | 57 | 48 | 42 | 27 | 43 | 43 | 378 |
Totals | 64 | 291 | 272 | 281 | 212 | 131 | 109 | 74 | 65 | 63 | 70 | 81 | 1,713 |