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 COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 1955
Jan. | Feb. | March | April | May | June | July | August | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Respiratory Tuberculosis | 13 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 152 |
Non-Respi ratory Tuberculosis | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ? | 70 | |
Scarlet Fever | 10 | 16 | 36 | 27 | 32 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 32 | 21 | 250 |
Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Erysipelas Meningococcal | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
Infection | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | __ | - | - | 5 |
Enteric and Paratyphoid | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | |||||
Smal1pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Typhus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 19 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 98 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | |||
Poliomyelitis and Polio—encephalitis | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | ?9 | |||
Dysentery | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 673 | 365 | 38 | 10 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 12 | 1,179 |
Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ac. Pri. and Ac. Inf. | |||||||||||||
Pneumonia | 16 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 75 |
Food Poisoning | - | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 79 |
Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
Measles | 317 | 1,188 | 2, 210 | 888 | 233 | 160 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5,052 |
Whooping Cough | 8 | 17 | 21 | 28 | 32 | 77 | 29 | 32 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 276 |
total | 7,259 |