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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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The monthly incidence of infectious disease was:—
| Case rates per 1,000 Ward population. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disease. | North. | South. | East. | West. |
| Small Pox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
| Diphtheria | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 0.5 |
| Enteric Fever | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.00 |
| Erysipelas | 0.49 | 0.15 | 0.35 | 0.35 |
| Pneumonia | 0.66 | 0.71 | 0.27 | 0.86 |