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. | |||||||||||||||||||
J anuary | 10 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | I | — | _ | _ | 21 | 1 | 1 | 4 | _ | 43 |
February | 8 | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | 5 | 7 | — | 47 |
March | 17 | — | — | — | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | 65 | — | — | — | — | 33 | 3 | 4 | 6 | — | 140 |
April | 6 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 98 | 1 | — | — | — | 42 | 1 | 2 | 7 | — | 160 |
May | 9 | — | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 151 | — | — | — | — | 50 | — | 2 | 7 | — | 227 |
June | 12 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 144 | 1 | — | — | — | 40 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 206 |
July | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 90 | — | — | — | — | 35 | — | 3 | 6 | — | 142 |
August | 7 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | 1 | — | 26 | 1 | 5 | 6 | — | 77 |
September | 15 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | 82 |
October | 12 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 7 | — | — | 1 | — | 19 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 57 |
November | 26 | — | — | — | 2 | 26 | — | 1 | — | 8 | — | — | — | 5 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 6 | — | 104 |
December | 24 | — | — | — | 6 | 13 | — | 1 | — | 141 | 1 | — | — | — | 16 | 3 | 11 | 4 | — | 220 |
Total | 150 | — | 7 | 3 | 37 | 48 | - | 8 | - | 743 | 4 | - | 3 | 6 | 368 | 14 | 50 | 62 | 2 | 1505 |