Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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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 | |
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January | ... | 13 | 1 | ... | 1 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 34 |
February | ... | 15 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 15 | ... | ... | ... | 24 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 58 |
March | ... | 15 | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 2 | ... | 5 | 31 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 94 |
April | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 3 | 5 | ... | 2 | 8 | ... | ... | 3 | 19 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 47 |
May | ... | 6 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 9 | 32 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 55 |
June | ... | 9 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16 | 38 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 68 |
July | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15 |
August | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 |
September | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16 |
October | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 |
November | ... | 8 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 50 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 63 |
December | ... | 11 | 3 | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 22 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 43 |
Totals | ... | 97 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 67 | 3 | 112 | 166 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 515 |