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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
Mitcham 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Cases of Infectious Disease Notified During the Year 1933.
| Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | Deaths. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 3 years. | 3 and under 4 years. | 4 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 10 years. | 10 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 20 years. | 20 and under 35 years. | 35 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and over. | ||||||||
| North. | East. | South | West. | ||||||||||||||||
| Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 240 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 37 | 109 | 29 | 10 | 16 | 3 | ... | 64 | 76 | 41 | 59 | 221 | 1 | |
| Diphtheria | 40 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | 10 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 40 | ... |
| Typhoid Fever | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... |
| Erysipelas | 31 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 16 | |
| Pneumonia | 37 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 37* |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 | 3 | |
| Totals | 368 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 45 | 125 | 41 | 18 | 50 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 89 | 109 | 66 | 104 | 310 | 44 |
* Includes all forms, many of which are not notifiable.