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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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TABLE 14.
MONTHLY NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
| Month. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Enteric Fever | Puerperal Pyrexia | Pneumonia | Cerebro Spinal Fever | Dysentery | Erysipelas | Malaria | Measles | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Whooping Cough | Infective Hepatitis | Tuberculosis | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resp. | Non-Resp. | |||||||||||||||
| January | 8 | — | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 7 | — | 3 | 4 | 33 | |
| February | 8 | — | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | — | 30 | 3 | 6 | — | 66 |
| March | 10 | — | — | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 8 | .— | 34 | 2 | 8 | — | 78 |
| April | 11 | — | — | 5 | 9 | — | — | 6 | — | 18 | — | 41 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 112 |
| May | 3 | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | 1 | — | 73 | — | 25 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 123 |
| June | 6 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | 6 | 2 | 104 | — | 18 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 151 |
| July | 8 | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | _ | 3 | — | 218 | — | 17 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 263 |
| August | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 62 | — | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 95 |
| September | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 9 | — | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 30 |
| October | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | 5 | — | — | 3 | — | 28 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 61 |
| November | 4 | 2 | — | 5 | 9 | — | — | — | 1 | 23 | — | 5 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 65 |
| December | 7 | 4 | — | 9 | 19 | — | — | 2 | — | 8 | — | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 62 |
| Total | 76 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 86 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 552 | 1 | 200 | 31 | 89 | 20 | 1,139 |