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Mitcham 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Cases of Infectious Disease Notified During the Year 1934.
| Disease. | Case rates per 1,000 of population. | Case rates per 1000 Ward population. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales. | Mitcham. | North. | South. | East. | West. | ||
| Small Pox | 0.004 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 3.76 | 6.4 | 4.42 | 2.4 | 9.8 | 5.9 | |
| Diphtheria | 1.70 | 1.8 | 0.85 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.82 | |
| Enteric Fever | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 000 | 0.00 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.07 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 000 | 0.04 | 0.2 | |
| Erysipelas | 0 51 | 0.49 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | |
| Disease. | Case rates per 1,000 total births. | ||||||
| England and Wales. | Mitcham. | ||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 4.0 | 1.01 | |||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 9.6 | 6.1 | |||||
Infectious Disease Notifications, 1922-34.
| Disease. | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 7 | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 178 | 110 | 87 | 106 | 104 | 145 | 102 | 134 | 113 | 105 | 174 | 240 | 392 |
| Diphtheria | 84 | 35 | 59 | 201 | 87 | 76 | 75 | 133 | 129 | 49 | 32 | 40 | 83 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ... |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Anthrax | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cerebro-spinal | 1 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Meningitis Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 13 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 31 | 30 |
| Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Acute Diarrhœa | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken Pox | 26 | 91 | 35 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Poliomyelitis | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Polio-encephalitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Encephalitis | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Lethargica Pneumonia | 30 | 19 | 39 | 42 | 30 | 62 | 54 | 57 | 35 | 45 | 52 | 37 | 45 |
| Malaria | 8 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 6 |
| Totals | 347 | 287 | 246 | 376 | 259 | 340 | 270 | 375 | 319 | 242 | 288 | 368 | 560 |
School Notifications.
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