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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Month | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Enteric Fever | Puerperal Pvrexia | Pneumonia | Dysentery | Encephalitis Acute Infective | Erysipelas | Malaria contracted abroad | Measles | Meningococcal Infection | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Poliomyelitis Paralytic | Poliomyelitis Nonparalytic | Whooping Cough | Infective Hepatitis | Food Poisoning | Tuberculosis | Total | |
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Resp. | Non-Resp. | |||||||||||||||||||
January | 35 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | — | 70 |
February | 20 | — | — | — | 9 | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 47 |
March | 42 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | 63 |
April | 21 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | 35 |
May | 27 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 48 |
June | 17 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 20 | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 56 |
July | 15 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 82 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 109 |
August | 5 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 65 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 6 | 1 | 85 |
September | 10 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | 4 | 1 | 33 |
October | 11 | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | — | 2 | 1 | 73 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 8 | — | 106 |
November | 19 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 112 | - | - | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 8 | — | 149 | |
December | 18 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 98 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 121 |
Total | 240 | — | — | 2 | 38 | 17 | — | 9 | 1 | 476 | 4 | — | — | 3 | 33 | 20 | 23 | 49 | 7 | 922 |