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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
Orpington 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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Disease
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
The monthly incidence of Infectious Disease was:—
Scarlet Fever
9
5
1
5
13
13
9
...
1
11
5
5
77
Diphtheria
3
4
2
...
1
3
1
1
4
...
2
1
22
Typhoid Fever
2
1
1
...
...
1
...
2
...
...
...
...
7
Erysipelas
3
3
8
1
1
4
...
2
...
...
1
2
25
Pneumonia
2
7
6
5
1
...
...
...
...
2
...
3
26
Puerperal Pyrexia
3
1
2
2
1
1
...
2
2
2
2
...
18
Ophthalmia
Neonatorum
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Dysentery
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Malaria
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Acute Poliomyelitis
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
...
4
Measles
7
16
73
85
43
25
19
4
2
...
...
...
274
Totals
29
37
94
100
61
48
29
11
9
15
14
11
458