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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 1942

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS
The total number of notifications received during the year
was 1,021.
Contacts, Suspects, Etc.
The Medical Officer of Health may be called in consultation
by medical practitioners to see patients in their homes.
Visits
Made by No.
Sanitary Inspectors 234
Health Visitors 238
Total 472

Table: The monthly incidence of infectious disease was:—

The monthly incidence of infectious disease was:—

Small Pox.Scarlet FeverDiphtheriaTyphoid FeverErysipelasPneumoniaPuerperal PyrexiaOphthalmia NeonatorumDysenteryCerebro-spinal MeningitisPoliomyelitisMeaslesWhooping ConghFood PoisoningEncephalitis LetchargicaTotals
January...64......521.........611......35
February...5.........2.........1...7110......89
March...63...13...2...1...2310......49
April...25......1.........1...2911......49
May...............21......2...984......107
June...62.........2............1136......129
July...42......1...1.........18911......208
August...41...1......1...1...434......56
September...142............1.........13141...45
October... | 462...4..................42610...92
November...363......2...4.........725......77
December...461...141............329......85
Totals...17525...720610...6...5991611111021