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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
Merton and Morden 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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TABLE XIII.
| Disease | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 12 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 17 | 23 | 187 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | — | _ | - | - | _ | _ | — | _ | - | - | - | 2 |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | _ | _ | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Primary Pneumonia | 6 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | _ | _ | 7 | 3 | 49 |
| Influenzal Pneumonia | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | - | - | 1 | _ | _ | 2 | _ | 1 | 25 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | _ | 1 | - | _ | - | 8 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | — | _ | 2 | — | 12 | |
| T.B. Pulmonary | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 86 |
| T.B. Non-Pulmonary | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | - | 6 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 5 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | — | 10 |
| Polio Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 77 | 207 | 190 | 55 | 67 | 72 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 721 |
| Whooping Cough | 54 | 67 | 33 | 28 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 19 | 331 |
| Totals ... | 163 | 308 | 264 | 124 | 126 | 129 | 80 | 36 | 28 | 72 | 64 | 55 | 1449 |