London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1958
[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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |