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 Beckenham]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE (2).
DISEASE | JAN. | FEB. | MAR. | APR. | MAY | JUNE | JULY | AUG. | SEPT. | OCT. | NOV. | DEC. | TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Dysentery (Bacillary) | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 48 |
Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Erysipelas | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 |
Food Poisoning | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | 11 |
Measles | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 113 | 127 |
Paratyphoid 'B' | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
Pneumonia | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | 16 |
Poliomyelitis: Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
Non-Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 14 |
Scarlet Fever | 5 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 74 |
Whooping Cough | - | 5 | - | 8 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 6 | - | 1 | 19 | 83 |
Totals | 14 | 29 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 41 | 30 | 34 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 146 | 389 |