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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Infectious Disease Notifications. 1922-36.
| Disease | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 7 | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 178 | 110 | 87 | 106 | 104 | 145 | 102 | 134 | 113 | 105 | 174 | 240 | 392 | 143 | 171 |
| Diphtheria | 84 | 35 | 59 | 201 | 87 | 70 | 75 | 133 | 129 | 49 | 32 | 40 | 83 | 80 | 104 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ... | 3 | 5 |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Anthrax | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 13 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 31 | 30 | 20 | 22 |
| Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Acute Diarrhoea | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Chicken Pox | 26 | 91 | 35 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Poliomyelitis | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| Polio-encephalitis... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Pneumonia | 30 | 19 | 39 | 42 | 30 | 62 | 54 | 57 | 35 | 45 | 52 | 37 | 45 | 35 | 36 |
| Malaria | 8 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| Totals | 347 | 287 | 246 | 376 | 259 | 340 | 270 | 375 | 319 | 242 | 288 | 368 | 560 | 293 | 357 |
School Notifications.
The school intimation notices of infectious disease are always
compared with the notifications received from the medical practitioners.
If any case on the school return is found to be unnotified,
investigations are made in order to find out if the patient is receiving
medical attention.
The school notices also give a fairly accurate estimate of the
prevalence of non-notifiable infectious diseases, such as chicken-pox,
measles, mumps, etc. The numbers so notified are reported on
under various diseases mentioned later in this report.
Small Pox.
No case of small pox occurred in the district during the year,
and no contacts of cases were notified as residing in the Borough.
Scarlet Fever.
The number of cases notified during the year was 171, this
being 28 more than last year. One hundred and forty-nine cases