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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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Cases op Infectious Disease Notified During the Year 1936.
| 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 | 171 | ... | 2 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 94 | 22 | 8 | 10 | ... | 1 | ... | 20 | 72 | 29 | 50 | 149 | ... |
| Diphtheria | 104 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 47 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | 11 | 62 | 23 | 8 | 104 | 4 |
| Typhoid Fever | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | 4 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 22 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 8 | 9 | ... | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 17 | ... |
| Pneumonia | 36 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 37* |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Encephalitis Lethar-gica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 357 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 147 | 43 | 13 | 38 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 48 | 163 | 67 | 79 | 304 | 47 |
| * Includes all forms, many of which are not notifiable. | |||||||||||||||||||