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Merton and Morden 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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TABLE XVII.
Monthly Incidence of Infectious Disease, 1946.
| Disease. | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 15 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 127 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 9 |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
| Enteric Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 5 | 9 | o | 4 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 42 |
| Influenzal Pneumonia | 6 | 11 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | 28 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| T.B. Pulmonary | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 73 |
| T.B. Non-Pulmonary | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 12 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Encephalitis Leth | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| argica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Measles | 6 | 2 | 41 | 107 | 77 | 144 | 76 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 535 |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 20 | 40 | 39 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 238 |
| Totals | 42 | 48 | 78 | 167 | 127 | 212 | 139 | 60 | 51 | 51 | 46 | 80 | 1,101 |