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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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TABLE 21
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resp. | Non-Resp. | |||||||||||||||||||
| January | 20 | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | 1 | — | 339 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 371 |
| February | 20 | — | — | — | 12 | 4 | — | — | — | 881 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 6 | — | 931 |
| March | 31 | — | — | 1 | 21 | 20 | — | 1 | — | 535 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 6 | 1 | 621 |
| April | 14 | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | 259 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 12 | 3 | 1 | 298 |
| May | 9 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 94 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 4 | 6 | — | 117 |
| June | 12 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | 124 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 9 | 2 | — | 156 |
| July | 11 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | — | 47 |
| August | 6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 5 | — | 27 |
| September | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 15 |
| October | 9 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 24 |
| November | 36 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 7 | 2 | — | 51 |
| December | 35 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | — | 55 |
| Total | 206 | — | — | 1 | 49 | 42 | — | 10 | — | 2260 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | 24 | 4 | 57 | 49 | 2 | 2713 |