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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 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1953

MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1953

Jan.Feb.Mar.AprilMayJuneJulyAugustSept.Oct.Nov.Dec.Total
Scarlet Fever452341215844281318204954414
Diphtheria.......................................
Erysipelas12241...3...221119
Meningococcal Infection.......................................
Enteric and Paratyphoid........................2.........2
Smallpox.......................................
Cholera.......................................
Typhus.......................................
Puerperal Pyrexia6...3223171186...967
Ophthalmia Neonatorum...1.........11...............3
Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis3...32434511......26
Dysentery510541012118625...78
Malaria.....................2............2
Ac. Pri. & Ac. Inf. Pneumonia5223...31...3122345
Food Poisoning...121491811872265
Acute Encephalitis.......................................
Measles7021,7521,482444605356611...4,512
Whooping Cough3127967452331069361353734679
Total5,912