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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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| Disease | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dysentery | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 3 |
| Enteric Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 |
| Food Poisoning | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Measles | 2 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 42 | 62 | 54 | 258 |
| Meningococcal Infection | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Poliomyelitis— | |||||||||||||
| Paralytic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Non-paralytic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pneumonia– | |||||||||||||
| Acute Primary | 5 | – | 1 | – | 4 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Acute Influenzal | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | 13 | 3 | 42 |
| Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tuberculosis— | |||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 29 |
| Non-Pulmonary | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 3 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 16 |
| Totals | 19 | 27 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 35 | 13 | 36 | 7 | 49 | 79 | 60 | 382 |