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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 1966
[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 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | ||||||||
| Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | – | – | ||
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | _ | – | _ | –– | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 14 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 158 | ||||
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | – | |
| Erysipelas | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | – | - | 2 | 2 | – | |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | _ | – | – | _ | _ | –– | 1 |
| Enteric and Paratyphoid | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | – | – | – | _ | _ | – | 2 |
| Smal lpox | - | - | - | - | - | _ | – | _ | _ | _ | – | – | |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | – | _ | – | – | _ | – | – | – | |
| Typhus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | – | – | – | – | ||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | – | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | – | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 48 | 27 | 39 | 14 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | – | – | - | - | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ac. Pri. & Ac. Inf. Pneumonia | 2 | 5 | – | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | – | 8 | 51 | |||
| Food poisoning | 4 | 1 | - | 4 | – | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25 |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 59 | 38 | 47 | 41 | 47 | 64 | 92 | 54 | 19 | 103 | 384 | 820 | 1,768 |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 75 | ||
| 2,397 |