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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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MONTHLY INCIDENCE OE COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 1960
| Notifiable Disease | Jan . | Feb. | Mar. | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory Tuberculosis | 12 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 121 |
| Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| Scarlet Fever | 59 | 60 | 50 | 51 | 29 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 337 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | 17 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 |
| Enteric and Paratyphoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 6 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ |
| Typhus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | _ | - | - | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Dysentery | 9 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 24 | 26 | 32 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 181 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - | _ |
| Ac. Pri. and Act. Inf. Pneumonia | 6 | 5 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 28 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 23 |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 39 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 6 | 129 |
| Whooping Cough | 12 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 41 | 72 | 52 | 64 | 100 | 48 | 35 | 30 | 48 1 |
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