Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 | Poliomyelitis | Whooping Cough | Infective Hepatitis | Tuberculosis | Total | |
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Keep. | Non- Resp. | ||||||||||||||||
January | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 17 | — | 2 | — | 40 | — | — | 4 | 3 | 7 | — | 84 | |
F ebruary | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | 15 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 116 | — | — | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 158 |
March | 14 | 1 | — | 4 | 17 | 1 | - | 1 | — | 131 | - | - | 11 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 194 |
April | 10 | — | — | 10 | 4 | 2 | -_ | 3 | — | 97 | — | — | 5 | 2 | 6 | — | 139 |
May | 12 | — | — | 4 | 7 | - | - | 3 | — | 61 | 1 | — | 12 | 3 | 16 | — | 119 |
June | 6 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | - | 1 | — | 49 | — | - | 19 | 4 | 4 | — | 88 |
July | 11 | — | — | 6 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 60 | — | 1 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12] |
August | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 9 | — | 3 | 41 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 73 |
September | 10 | — | — | 1 | - | — | - | 1 | — | 6 | — | 3 | 20 | 2 | 5 | - | 48 |
October | 8 | — | — | 7 | 13 | - | - | 1 | — | 4 | - | 1 | 11 | 5 | 12 | — | 62 |
November | 18 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | - | 3 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 54 |
December | 17 | — | — | 1 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | 2 | — | — | 19 | 2 | 10 | - | 77 |
Total | 118 | 4 | 3- | 43 | 101 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 575 | 1 | 8 | 194 | 33 | 92 | 7 | 1,217 |