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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
Hornchurch 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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MONTHLY NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES—1917.
| MONTH | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Enteric with Paratyphoid | Poliomyelitis | Pneumonia | Erysipelas | Cerebrospinal fever | Dysentery | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Infective Hepatitis | Measles | Whooping Cough | Malaria | Puerperal Pyrexia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12 | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | 90 | 10 | 1 | |
| February | 12 | — | 1 | — | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 12 | 135 | 6 | — | — |
| March | 18 | — | — | — | 18 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 139 | 18 | — | 1 |
| April | 10 | — | — | — | 9 | 4 | — | — | — | 8 | 41 | 37 | — | — |
| May | 9 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 22 | — | — |
| June | 8 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | 18 | 11 | — | — |
| July | 5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 109 | 23 | 1 | — |
| August | 6 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 37 | 9 | — | — |
| September | 3 | — | 1 | 5 | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 2 | 5 | — | 1 |
| October | 9 | — | — | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 5 | — | — |
| November | 11 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 6 | — | — |
| December | 19 | — | — | — | 7 | 9 | — | — | — | 2 | 14 | 27 | — | 1 |
| Totals | 122 | — | 2 | 13 | 60 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 627 | 179 | 2 | 3 |