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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 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

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Table: The sources from which information as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained are as follows: —

The sources from which information as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained are as follows: —

No. of Cases
PulmonaryNon-Pulmouary
Death Returns(a) From Local Registrar3...
(6) Transferable deaths from Registrar General21
Posthumous notifications

Table: Number of cases removed from register during 1950:—

Number of cases removed from register during 1950:—

ReasonPulmonaryNon-PulmonaryTotal Cases
MalesFemalesTotalMalesFemalesTotal
Withdrawal of notification.....................
Recovery from disease538...119
Death198273...330
Removed from district2127481...149

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The ratio of non-notified tuberculosis deaths (i.e., new cases
coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health after
death of the case) to the total tuberculosis deaths is as follows: —
Non-notified tuberculosis deaths 6
Total tuberculosis deaths 34
Percentage of non-notified tuberculosis deaths 17.64