London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Notifiable Disease | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory Tuberculosis | 24 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 141 |
| Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis | 2 | _ | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | . | . | 18 |
| Scarlet Fever | 30 | 20 | 27 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 22 | 188 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 20 |
| Meningococcal Infection Enteric and Para | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | • | - | - | 4 |
| typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 42 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | . | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis and Polio-encephalitis | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 4 | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 54 | 102 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ac. Pri. and Act. Inf. | |||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 24 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 76 |
| Food Poisoning | 5 | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 64 |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Measles | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 39 | 18 | 16 | 65 | 253 | 408 | 840 |
| Whooping Cough | 12 | 15 | 33 | 21 | 34 | 38 | 37 | 39 | 39 | 28 | 42 | 18 | 356 |
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