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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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34
Visits
Made by No.
Sanitary Inspectors 329
Health Visitors 189
Total 518
The monthly incidence of infectious disease was:—
| Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Typhoid Fever | Erysipelas | Pneumonia | Puerperal Pyrexia | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Dysentery | Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | Poliomyelitis | Measles | Whooping Congh | Food Poisoning | Encephalitis Lethargica | Undulant Fever | Malaria | Totals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | ... | 22 | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 33 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 74 |
| February | ... | 15 | 1 | ... | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 90 | 22 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 136 |
| March | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 196 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 221 |
| April | ... | 30 | 2 | ... | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 243 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 293 |
| May | ... | 14 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 53 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 84 |
| June | ... | 13 | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 26 | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 54 |
| July | ... | 12 | 4 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | 18 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 45 | |
| August | ... | 15 | 4 | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 44 |
| September | ... | 22 | 14 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 47 |
| October | ... | 19 | 4 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 44 |
| November | ... | 22 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 21 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 54 |
| December | ... | 23 | 7 | ... | 1 | 19 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 65 |
| Totals | ... | 212 | 42 | 1 | 22 | 50 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ... | 651 | 162 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1161 |