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 Croydon]
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MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1952
Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April | May | June | July | August | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 37 | 50 | 61 | 26 | 31 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 17 | 45 | 53 | 40 | 401 |
Diphtheria | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |||||
Erysipelas | ... | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ... | 2 | 5 | 1 | 27 |
Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | |||||
Enteric and Paratyphoid | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | |
Smallpox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
Puerperal Pyrexia | 10 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 75 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | |||||||
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |||
Dysentery | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 48 | |
Malaria | ... | ||||||||||||
Ac. Pri. & Ac. Inf. Pneumonia | 9 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 56 |
Food Poisoning | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ... | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 41 | ||
Acute Encephalitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
Measles | 7 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 23 | 207 | 352 | 178 | 42 | 11 | 136 | 224 | 1235 |
Whooping Cough | 33 | 29 | 50 | 74 | 71 | 46 | 76 | 57 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 466 |
Total | 2387 |