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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 1953
[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 | Encephalitis Acute Infective | 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 | 40 | — | - | 2 | 5 | — | 2 | — | 865 | i | — | — | 29 | 9 | 2 | 7 | — | 962 | ||
| February | 39 | — | - | 10 | i | — | 2 | — | 476 | i | — | — | 26 | 7 | — | 5 | 3 | 570 | ||
| March | 40 | — | - | 2 | 8 | i | — | — | — | 546 | — | — | — | 43 | 4 | 1 | 6 | — | 651 | |
| April | 19 | — | - | 13 | 3 | i | — | — | 188 | i | — | — | - | 44 | — | — | 6 | — | 275 | |
| May | 11 | — | — | — | 6 | 13 | - | 1 | — | 58 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 59 | 1 | 3 | 8 | — | 165 |
| June; | 4 | — | - | 1 | 3 | 3 . | — | 4 | i | 10 | — | — | 2 | i | 128 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 170 |
| July | 11 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | I | — | 6 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 258 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 302 | |
| August | 9 | - | 4 | 190 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 215 | |||||||||||
| September | 11 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | i | — | — | 2 | 71 | — | 4 | 7 | — | 91> |
| October | 9 | — | — | — | 5 | Q | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 58 | 3 | 8 | 12 | — | 102 | |
| November | 16 | — | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | i | 2 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 52 | |
| December | 18 | — | - | 8 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | i | — | — | — | 7 | 7 | 11 | 6 | — | 70 |
| Total | 227 | — | - | 28 | 46 | 38 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 2,153 | 5 | — | 11 | 13 | 924 | 41 | 41 | 81 | 8 | 3,633 |