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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Cases of Infectious Disease Notified During the Year 1937.
| Disease | Number op Cases Notified | Total Cases Notified in bach 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 | 192 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 97 | 28 | 8 | 1 | ... | ... | 35 | 71 | 39 | 47 | 178 | ... | |
| Diphtheria | 89 | ... | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 32 | 15 | 89 | 5 | |
| Typhoid Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 16 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 10 | ... |
| Pneumonia | 32 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 38* | |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Dysentery | ... | ... | ...... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 338 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 36 | 145 | 46 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 48 | 131 | 81 | 78 | 285 | 46 |
| * Includes all forms, some of which are not notifiable. | |||||||||||||||||||