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 18.
MONTHLY NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Month. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Enteric Fever | Puerperal Pyrexia | Pneumonia | Cerebro Spinal Fever | Dysentery | Erysipelas | Measles | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Polio- encepha litis | Poliomyelitis | Whooping Cough | Infective Hepatitis | Food Poisoning | Tuberculosis | Total | |
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Resp. | Non-Resp. | |||||||||||||||||
January | 4 | - | - | 1 | 10 | - | — | 1 | 155 | — | — | — | 35 | — | — | 18 | 2 | 226 |
February | 11 | — | — | 1 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 501 | — | — | — | 33 | 2 | - | 7 | — | 568 |
March | 3 | — | — | 5 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 299 | — | — | 1 | 35 | — | - | 7 | 2 | 364 |
April | 5 | - | — | 2 | 7 | - | — | 1 | 100 | — | — | — | 23 | 2 | - | 4 | — | 144 |
May | 12 | — | — | — | 2 | _ | — | 2 | 35 | — | — | — | 24 | 5 | — | 8 | 2 | 90 |
June | 15 | — | - | 1 | 2 | — | - | 2 | 5 | — | - | — | 20 | 5 | — | 13 | 1 | 64 |
July | 7 | - | - | 2 | — | - | - | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | 1 | 26 | 1 | - | 10 | 1 | 58 |
August | 5 | - | — | 3 | — | - | - | 2 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 11 | — | 56 |
September | 14 | — | — | 2 | — | - | — | 1 | 9 | — | 1 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 66 |
October | 27 | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 5 | 6 | — | 11 | — | 53 |
November | 53 | - | - | 2 | 5 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | 9 | 1 | 79 |
December | 42 | — | — | — | 2 | - | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | - | 20 | 2 | 73 |
Total | 198 | - | — | 19 | 50 | 2 | — | 16 | 1,116 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 248 | 28 | 9 | 130 | 12 | 1,841 |