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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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TABLE 19
MONTHLY NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
| Month | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Paratyphoid Fever | Puerperal Pyrexia | Pneumonia | Dysentery | | Erysipelas | Measles | Meningococcal Infection | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Poliomyelitis Paralytic | Poliomyelitis Non-Paralytic | Whoopng Cough | Infective Hepatitis | Food Poisoning | Tuberculosis | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resp. | Non-Resp. | |||||||||||||||||
| January | 12 | — | — | 15 | 2 | 2 | I | 2 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 60 |
| February | 8 | — | — | 2 | 5 | 45 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 8 | 3 | — | 82 |
| March | 25 | — | — | 2 | 9 | 46 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 104 |
| April | 13 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 9 | — | 68 |
| May | 17 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 60 |
| June | 11 | — | — | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 25 | 6 | 4 | 7 | — | 68 |
| July | 21 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 8 | 4 | 7 | — | 60 |
| August | 6 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | — | 41 |
| September | 8 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | — | 40 |
| October | 13 | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 38 |
| November | 10 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | 59 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 90 |
| December | 12 | — | — | — | 14 | — | 3 | 116 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 164 |
| Total | 156 | — | 1 | 26 | 52 | 121 | 13 | 206 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 101 | 62 | 54 | 68 | 9 | 875 |