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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
Merton and Morden 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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TABLE XVII.
| Disease | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Scarlet Fever | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 112 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | –– | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Dysentery | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 33 |
| Influenzal Pneumonia | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 7 |
| Food Poisoning | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 4 | 6 | – | – | 16 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| T.B. Pulmonary | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 74 |
| T.B. Non-Pulmonary | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 11 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 8 |
| Polio Encephalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | 37 | 258 | 225 | 234 | 169 | 68 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1,049 |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 11 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 39 | 57 | 48 | 42 | 27 | 43 | 43 | 378 |
| Totals | 64 | 291 | 272 | 281 | 212 | 131 | 109 | 74 | 65 | 63 | 70 | 81 | 1,713 |