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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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TABLE XIII.
Monthly Incidence of Infectious Diseases, 1951.
| Disease | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 13 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 35 | 17 | 155 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Primary Pneumonia | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | 4 | 4 | 5 | 44 |
| Influenzal Pneumonia | 35 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 67 |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 7 |
| Erysipelas | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| T.B. Pulmonary | 4 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 118 |
| T.B. Non-Pulmonary | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Poliomyelitis:— | |||||||||||||
| Paralytic | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Non-Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 280 | 248 | 229 | 266 | 133 | 31 | 13 | 12 | - | 2 | - | - | 1214 |
| Whooping Cough | 81 | 58 | 43 | 43 | 21 | 53 | 37 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 390 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Totals | 421 | 340 | 312 | 349 | 191 | 111 | 80 | 58 | 19 | 53 | 68 | 46 | 2048 |