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Orpington 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]

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TABLE VI.

NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1954. Seasonal Incidence.

Disease.Jan.Feb.Mar.Apr.MayJuneJulyAug.Sept.Oct.Nov.Dec.Total.
Scarlet Fever141522157131021543111
Diphtheria—————————————
Measles——1—1—2—4126112269515
Whooping Cough11518192723175744253634316
Dysentery——4——12—————7
Erysipelas—11—2————1——5
Meningococcal Infection—————————1——1
Encephalitis—11—————————2
Pneumonia (all forms)932123153791156
Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fever——————————2—2
Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis—————————1——1
Food Poisoning33—————2—41—13
Puerperal Pyrexia38710—13922397293
Malaria——————1—————1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum——————1—————1
TOTALS3046564539534388551791713191124