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Mitcham 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

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39
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES.
SCHOOL NOTIFICATIONS.
The school intimation notices of infectious disease are always
compared with the notifications received from the medical practitioners.
If any case on the school return is found to be unnotified,
investigations are made in order to find out if the patient is receiving
medical attention.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS.
The total number of certificates of notification received during
the year was 288, as compared with 242 last year.

Table: The monthly incidence of infectious disease was :—

The monthly incidence of infectious disease was :—

Small Pox.Scarlet FeverDiphtheriaEnteric FeverErysipelasPneumoniaPuerperal FeverPuerperal PyrexiaOphthalmia NeonatorumEncephalitis LethargicaCerebro-Spinal FeverTotals
January171126...............18
February...202...16...............29
March...114...27...11......26
April...103...15............120
May...82......3...............13
June...121...121............17
July...121......21...1......17
August...62......21...1......12
September...203......11...1......26
October...212...12...1.........27
November...174...121............25
December...3072214...2...1...58
Total1174323115254411288