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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 1950
[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 | Dysentery | Erysipelas | Malaria contracted abroad | Measles | Meningococcal Infection | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Poliomyelitis Paralytic | Poliomyelitis Non- Paralytic | Whooping Cough | Infective Hepatitis | Food Poisoning | | Tuberculosis | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resp. | Non.-Resp. | ||||||||||||||||||
| January | 38 | - | - | - | 13 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 8 | 3 | - | 12 | 6 | 96 |
| February | 16 | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 18 | 3 | - | 11 | - | 66 |
| March | 15 | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | 19 | - | - | - | 1 | 30 | 3 | - | 8 | 5 | 89 |
| April | 16 | 1 | - | 2 | 6 | - | 1 | - | 36 | 1 | - | - | - | 45 | 3 | - | 15 | 3 | 129 |
| May | 21 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 69 | 1 | - | - | - | 41 | - | - | 16 | - | 150 |
| June | 15 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 187 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 13 | - | 253 |
| July | 13 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 276 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 31 | 4 | - | 16 | 1 | 347 |
| August | 9 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 85 | - | - | 1 | 6 | 44 | 4 | - | 26 | 3 | 183 |
| September | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 16 | - | - | - | 1 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 89 |
| October | 10 | - | - | - | 6 | 19 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 24 | 1 | - | 21 | 2 | 89 |
| November | 14 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 1 | - | 6 | 3 | - | 3 | - | 33 | 1 | - | 29 | 3 | 136 |
| December | 5 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 39 | - | - | 18 | - | - | - | - | 25 | - | - | 11 | 1 | 104 |
| Total | 174 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 61 | 95 | 9 | 1 | 720 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 357 | 24 | 8 | 214 | 26 | 1,731 |