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 16.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resp. | Non-Resp. | ||||||||||||||||
| January | 20 | — | — | — | 29 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 7 | — | — | 59 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 134 |
| February | 8 | — | — | 1 | 7 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 14 | — | — | 33 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 74 |
| March | 12 | 1 | — | — | 6 | — | — | 2 | — | 17 | — | — | 19 | — | 6 | 1 | 64 |
| April | 7 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | _ | 40 | 1 | — | 56 | — | 4 | — | 111 |
| May | 6 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 116 | — | 1 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 185 |
| June | 5 | 1 | — | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 156 | — | — | 21 | 1 | 9 | — | 200 |
| July | 12 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | i | — | — | 87 | 1 | — | 13 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 126 |
| August | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 5 | — | — | 21 | 1 | 3 | — | 35 |
| September | 5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | — | 26 | 1 | 6 | — | 51 |
| October | 6 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 12 | — | 8 | — | 31 | |
| November | 13 | — | — | 1 | 6 | — | — | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | — | 45 |
| December | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | 14 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 66 |
| Total | 99 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 69 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 488 | 4 | 2 | 327 | 11 | 78 | 13 | 1,122 |