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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

Croydon 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1949

MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1949

Jan.Feb.Mar.AprilMayJuneJulyAugustSept.Oct.Nov.Dec.Total
Scarlet Fever474433202436321827407481476
Diphtheria............1...1...............2
Erysipelas613428122...5337
C.S.M..........1............1.........2
Enteric and Paratyphoid.......................................
Smallpox.......................................
Cholera.......................................
Typhus.......................................
Puerperal Pyrexia234...3127421...29
Ophthalmia Neonatorum......12......1......3...18
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis............212...31...211
Dysentery...........................2114
Malaria..................1...............1
Ac. Pri. & Ac. Inf. Pneumonia81182123...124244
Food Poisoning............8...52018145979
Encephalitis Lethargica.......................................
Measles6012229856224139725991314619102136
Whooping Cough926364238433937204411309
Total3138