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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 1862
| Notifiable Disease | Jan. | Fab. | Mar. | April | May | June | July | Aug . | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory Tuberculosis | 9 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 105 |
| Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 11 |
| Scarlet Fever | 25 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | l5 | 12 | 15 | 149 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric and Paratyphoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 60 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ac. Prl. and Act. Inf. Pneumonia | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 30 |
| Food Poisoning | 4 | 6 | 2 | - | 1 | 5 | - | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 38 |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 15 | 30 | 31 | 50 | 74 | 78 | 133 | 186 | 23 | 28 | 60 | 140 | 848 |
| Whooping Cough | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 51 |
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