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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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TABLE II
THE MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 1948.
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Scarlet fever | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | - | 2 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 62 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 13 |
| Dysentery | 2 | 3 | 6 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 71 |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | |
| Measles | 2 | 25 | 22 | 78 | 199 | 133 | 72 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 567 |
| Whooping cough | 14 | 18 | 23 | 37 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 201 |
| Totals | 30 | 54 | 58 | 121 | 235 | 159 | 90 | 54 | 23 | 57 | 31 | 17 | 929 |