London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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Case rates per 1,000 of population.
Disease. England and Walves Mitcham.
Small Pox 0.02 0.00
Scarlet Fever 3.21 3.99
Diphtheria 1.18 0.66
Enteric Fever 0.04 0.04
Puerperal Fever 0.05 0.01
Puerperal Pyrexia 0.14 0.14
Erysipelas 0.45 0.51
Case rates per 1,000 total births.
Disease. England and Walves Mitcham.
Puerperal Fever 3.5 0.99
Puerperal Pyrexia 9.6 8.9
Infectious Disease Notifications, 1922-33.
| Disease. | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 7 | ... | 4 | 1 | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 178 | 110 | 87 | 106 | 104 | 145 | 102 | 134 | 113 | 105 | 174 | 240 |
| Diphtheria | 84 | 35 | 59 | 201 | 87 | 76 | 75 | 133 | 129 | 49 | 32 | 40 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| Anthrax | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 13 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 31 |
| Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Acute Diarrhœa | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken Pox | 26 | 91 | 35 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Poliomyelitis | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Polio-encephalitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 30 | 19 | 39 | 42 | 30 | 62 | 54 | 57 | 35 | 45 | 52 | 37 |
| Malaria | 8 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 9 |
| Totals | 347 | 287 | 246 | 376 | 259 | 340 | 270 | 375 | 319 | 242 | 288 | 368 |
School Notifications.
The school intimation notices of infectious disease are always
compared with the notifications received from the medical