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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 1971
Notifiable Diseases
Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
Respiratory Tuberculosis
5
7
8
8
1
2
5
9
6
2
4
5
62
Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis
1
-
2
2
3
-
3
2
3
2
-
2
20
Anthrax
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Scarlet Fever
4
17
14
6
7
14
4
5
5
7
9
17
109
Diphtheria
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Acute Meningitis
1
-
1
2
-
1
1
-
-
2
1
1
6
Typhoid & Paratyphoid
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
-
-
2
Smallpox
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cholera
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Typhus
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
-
-
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
3
Acute Poliomyelitis
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dysentery
3
-
1
-
-
3
3
1
-
-
-
2
13
Malaria
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
2
Infective Jaundice
1
3
2
8
-
3
1
4
4
2
-
2
30
Food Poisoning
-
-
9
-
1
2
2
2
3
-
-
2
21
Acute Encephalitis
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Measles
92
128
282
158
85
117
37
26
12
3
26
13
979
Whooping Cough
21
12
77
22
16
21
10
6
2
11
7
2
207
Leptospirosis
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Tetanus
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Yellow Fever
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1454