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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 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

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54
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS
The total number of certificates of notification received
during the year was 275 as compared with 338 last year.
Contacts, Suspects, Etc.
On 14 occasions during the year the Medical Officer of Health
was called in consultation by medical practitioners to see patients
in their own homes.
The sanitary inspectors have paid 436 visits to cases of
infectious disease; 335 were primary visits and 101 revisits.

Table: The monthly incidence of infectious disease was:—

The monthly incidence of infectious disease was:—

Small Pox.Scarlet FeverDiphtheriaEnteric FeverErysipelasPneumoniaPuerperal PyrexiaOphthalmia NeonatorumDysenteryCerebro-Spinal FeverPoliomyelitisTotals
January...178...1151............42
February...107......5...............22
March...158...211............27
April...105......2...1.........18
May...106........................16
June...14......24...............20
July...941...3...............17
August...122...12...1...1...19
September...147...141............27
October...1510...12...1...1...30
November...153......31............22
December...94......2...............15
Total...15064184343...2...275