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 20
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 | |
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Resp. | Non-Resp. | |||||||||||||||||||
January | 10 | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | 71 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 3 | 2 | 8 | — | 120 |
February | 15 | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | 291 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | 341 |
March | 19 | — | — | — | 20 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1,180 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 14 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1,256 |
April | 25 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 606 | — | — | — | 1 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 667 |
May | 20 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 313 | — | — | — | 2 | 17 | 1 | — | 7 | — | 367 |
June | 12 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | 247 | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | — | 5 | 6 | 2 | 284 |
July | 10 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 60 | 1 | — | _ | 1 | 4 | — | 3 | 5 | — | 93 |
August | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 28 | — | — | 4 | 5 | 32 | 2 | 10 | 2 | — | 89 |
September | 6 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 9 | — | — | — | 6 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 58 |
October | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | — | 43 |
November | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 28 |
December | 11 | — | — | 2 | 7 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 59 |
Total | 149 | 1 | — | 3 | 67 | 7 | — | 11 | — | 2,807 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 179 | 28 | 52 | 55 | 8 | 3,405 |