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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
Romford 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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TABLE 17.
MONTHLY NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
| Month. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Puerperal Pyrexia. | Erysipelas. | Pneumonia. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Poliomyelitis. | Encephalitis Lethargica. | Dysentery. | Cerebro-Spinal Fever. | Tuberculosis | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory. | Non-respiratory. | ||||||||||||||
| January | 18 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 34 |
| February | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | — | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 41 |
| March | 13 | 10 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | 53 |
| April | 17 | 22 | — | — | — | — | 15 | — | — | - | — | — | 3 | — | 57 |
| May | 20 | 8 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 7 | — | — | - | — | — | 10 | 1 | 48 |
| June | 37 | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | 10 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | 62 |
| July | 39 | 3 | 1 | - | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 52 |
| August | 22 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | — | — | 2 | 1 | 36 |
| September | 12 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | 23 |
| October | 17 | 8 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | — | 2 | — | — | - | 6 | 1 | 39 |
| November | 8 | 6 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 11 | — | — | — | 1 | - | 12 | 1 | 41 |
| December | 22 | 7 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 9 | — | — | — | — | - | 3 | — | 43 |
| Total | 233 | 87 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 95 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 63 | 9 | 529 |