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
Bromley 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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| Disease | Jan. | Feb. | Mch. | Apl. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 14 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 69 | 15 | — | 1 | — | 5 | 103 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | — | 4 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 3 | — | — | 100 |
| Dysentery | 2 | — | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 70 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 9 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | 12 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 2 | 4 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 22 |
| Meningococcal Iniections | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Totals | 13 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 99 | 41 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 57 | 355 |