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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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MONTHLY NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE— 1948.
| MONTH | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Poliomyelitis | Pneumonia | Erysipelas | Dysentery | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Infective Hepatitis | Measles | Whooping Cough | Malaria | Puerperal Pyrexia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17 | – | – | 4 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 37 | 41 | – | – |
| February | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | – | – | 1 | 39 | 28 | – | – |
| March | 14 | – | – | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | 15 | 17 | – | – |
| April | 12 | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 40 | 16 | – | – |
| May | 2 | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 82 | 25 | – | – |
| June | 4 | – | – | 2 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 37 | 16 | – | – |
| July | 9 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 75 | 41 | – | – |
| August | 12 | – | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 68 | 38 | 1 | – |
| September | 8 | – | 3 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 18 | 12 | – | – |
| October | 6 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 58 | – | – | 31 | 11 | – | – |
| November | 5 | – | – | 5 | 2 | 61 | – | 4 | 7 | 29 | – | – |
| December | 11 | – | – | 10 | 4 | – | – | 1 | 136 | 33 | – | 1 |
| Totals | 116 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 28 | 121 | 1 | 9 | 585 | 307 | 1 | 1 |