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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
Coulsdon and Purley 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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TABLE II.—THE MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
| Disease. | Jan. | Feb. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 71 |
| Diphtheria | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 10 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 5 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 13 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 5 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 12 |
| Dysentery | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Acute | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Polio-myelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Totals | 5 | 14 | 22 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 120 |