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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 1938
[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 Pyrexia. | Erysipelas. | Pneumonia. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Cerebro Spinal Fever. | Dysentery. | Polioencephalitis. | Poliomyelitis. | Malaria. | Tuberculosis | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory. | Non-respiratory. | ||||||||||||||
| January | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | 23 |
| February | 7 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| March | 11 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | 9 | — | 33 |
| April | 11 | 5 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 25 |
| May | 9 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 16 | 1 | 36 |
| June | 16 | 1 | — | - | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | 32 |
| July | 8 | 6 | — | — | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | 29 |
| August | 24 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | i | 8 | 1 | 42 |
| September | 6 | 5 | — | 1 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | 2 | 27 |
| October | 10 | 6 | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 10 | 2 | 38 |
| November | 12 | 4 | — | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 3 | 42 |
| December | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 31 |
| Total | 125 | 39 | 4 | 13 | 29 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | i | 90 | 15 | 376 |