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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 1961
| Notifiable Disease | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nor. | Dec. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory Tuberculosis | 6 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 175 |
| Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| Scarlet Fever | 10 | 27 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 27 | 20 | 204 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 15 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Enteric and Paratyphoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Small pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | 10 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | 4 | - | 38 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Dysentery | 6 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 39 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ac. Prl. and Act. Inf. Pneumonia | 8 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 40 |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 6 | - | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 56 |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Measles | 21 | 289 | 1361 | 926 | 859 | 415 | 277 | 159 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4301 |
| Whooping Cough | 28 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 9 | a | 4 | 3 | 3 | 118 |
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