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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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TABLE XIII.
| Disease | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | |||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 11 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | — | 10 | 5 | 1 | 76 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | —- | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | - | 3 | 4 | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | | — | — | 1 | — | 13 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Primary Pneumonia | 7 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 48 | |
| Influenzal Pneumonia | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | •3 | 3 | 19 |
| Pood Poisoning | — | 4 | _ | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — . | — | II |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 12 |
| T.B. Pulmonary | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 53 |
| T.B. Non-Pulmonary | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | 5 | 31 |
| Poliomyelitis:— | |||||||||||||
| Paralytic | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Non-Paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | — | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 74 |
| Whooping Cough | 12 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 96 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Totals | 43 | 42 | 56 | 33 | 33 | 29 | 35 | 29 | 19 | 32 | 22 | 70 | 443 |