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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 1950
[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 | 17 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 121 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Primary Pneumonia | 11 | 10 | - | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | - | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 58 |
| Influenzal Pneumonia | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 17 |
| Food Poisoning | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 10 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 10 |
| T.B. Pulmonary | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 123 |
| T.B. Non-Pulmonary | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 8 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 6 |
| Poliomyelitis— | |||||||||||||
| Paralytic | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Non-Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 9 | 16 | 44 | 31 | 28 | 21 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 32 | 59 | 242 | 523 |
| Whooping Cough | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 29 | 44 | 38 | 223 |
| Totals | 80 | 79 | 82 | 64 | 76 | 63 | 63 | 38 | 48 | 83 | 133 | 299 | 1108 |