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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 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS.
The total number of certificates of notification received during
the year was 560, as compared with 368 last year.
Contacts, Suspects, Etc.
On 46 occasions during the year the Medical Officer of Health
was called in consultation by medical practitioners to see patients
in their own homes.
The sanitary inspectors have paid 675 visits to cases of
infectious disease ; 551 were primary visits and 124 revisits.

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
January...257...24...............38
February...453...310...2.........63
March...573...29...............71
April...507...36112......70
May...316...24...1.........44
June...4817...71...1.........75
July...323...31...............39
August...213...21...............27
September...1612...1...1.........30
October...2(514...23...............45
November...191...13...............24
December...227...23...............34
Total...39283...3045162...1560