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 Merton & Morden]
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TABLE XVII.
Monthly Incidence of Infectious Disease, 1947.
Disease | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Scarlet Fever | 17 | 23 | 31 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 137 |
Diphtheria | — | — | 1 | — | _ | _ | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 5 |
Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | —. | — | — | 1 | —_ | — | — | 1 |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Pneumonia | 12 | 10 | 6 | 6 | —_ | 2 | —_ | 2 | —_ | —_ | 2 | 1 | 41 |
Influenzal Pneumonia | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | —_ | 1 | —_ | 1 | 3 | —_ | 28 |
Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 1 | 4 | —_ | — | — | 2 | 12 |
Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 13 |
T.B. Pulmonary | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 80 |
T.B. Non-Pulmonary | 2 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 14 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 6 |
Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 20 |
Polio Encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Measles | 46 | 36 | 27 | 35 | 31 | 82 | 42 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 347 |
Whooping Cough | 5 | 11 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 50 | 37 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 232 |
Totals | 98 | 97 | 105 | 89 | 90 | 159 | 104 | 88 | 35 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 941 |