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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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TABLE VI
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1952. SEASONAL INCIDENCE.
| Disease | Jan | Feb | March | April | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 12 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 168 |
| Diphtheri a | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 36 | 7 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 74 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 86 | 513 | 786 |
| Whooping Cough | 42 | 42 | 60 | 79 | 48 | 11 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 386 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 22 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | |
| Pneumonia (All forms) | 14 | 35 | 11 | 19 | 8 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 122 | |
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | |
| Food Poisoning | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 | ||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Totals | 112 | 113 | 118 | 117 | 68 | 21 | 118 | 47 | 33 | 57 | 129 | 586 | 1,519 |