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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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Influenza.
During the year seven deaths from influenza were recorded.
Pour were males and three were females. Last year 20 deaths
were registered.
Prevention of Blindness.
By an arrangement with the London County Council cases of
ophthalmia neonatorum can be treated at St. Margaret's Hospital,
Kentish Town.
Blind children are looked after by the Surrey Voluntary
Association for the Blind.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
During the year two cases of ophthalmia neonatorum were
notified:—
Cases Notified Treated At Home. In Hospital Vision unimpaired. Vision impaired Total blindness Deaths
2 1 1 1 — — 1
Tuberculosis.
No action was taken under the Public Health (Prevention of
Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, or under section 62 of the Public
Health Act, 1925, during the year.
During the year 73 new cases of tuberculosis were notified, viz.:—
| Males. | Females. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | 33 | 30 | 63 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Total | 39 | 34 | 73 |
The total number of deaths registered as occurring from tuberculosis was. viz.:—
| Males. | Females. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | 20 | 21 | 41 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Total | 26 | 24 | 50 |
England & Wales. Mitcham.
Death rate from respiratory tuberculosis per 1,000
population 0.63 0.67
Death rate from non-respiratory tuberculosis per
1,000 population 0.12 0.14