London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Mitcham 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
This page requires JavaScript
45
Small Pox
No case of small pox was notified during the year 1945.
Scarlet Fever
The number of cases of scarlet fever notified during the year
was 147, as compared with 97 in 1944, equivalent to a case rate
of 2.97 per 1,000 population. The disease has continued mild
in character and no deaths due to this cause were recorded.
Of the total number of cases notified 97 were treated in hospital,
and 50 cases were treated at home.
The patient's home was disinfected after his removal to
hospital or his release from isolation, but steam disinfection of
the bedding has been discontinued as a routine procedure.
Diphtheria
Sixty-three cases of diphtheria were notified during the year
and all cases were removed to hospital for treatment, including
any carriers discovered by routine swabbing of contacts. Every
case recovered.