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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 1959
| Notifiable Disease | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory Tuberculosis | 7 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 133 | |
| Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 16 |
| Scarlet Fever | 23 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 46 | 27 | 34 | 20 | 18 | 34 | 42 | 57 | 358 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 |
| Enteric and Paratyphoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 35 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Dysentery | 63 | 78 | 82 | 54 | 59 | 60 | 43 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 535 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ac. Pri. and Act. Inf. Pneumonia | 8 | 42 | 33 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 92 |
| Pood Poisoning | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 67 |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | • | - | - |
| Measles | 396 | 455 | 731 | 960 | 808 | 356 | 87 | 37 | 26 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 389 8 |
| Whooping Cough | 15 | 16 | 26 | 22 | 32 | 16 | 33 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 18 | 252 |
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