Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Rent paid 1
Employment obtained 5
Tubercular patients who have received special consideration
re housing 14
Persons who have been offered but have refused accommodation
7
Coal supplied weekly during winter months 2
Christmas comforts supplied to 24
Mitcham Borough.
Population (estimated) 64,000.
Number of cases on register December 31, 1936 564
Percentage 0.88.
Beddington and Wallington.
Population (estimated) 32,014.
Number of cases on register December 31, 1936 146
Percentage 0.45.
Whole of Tuberculosis Dispensary Area.
Population (estmated) 96,014.
Number of cases on register December 31, 1936 710
Percentage 0.73.
Chicken Pox.
Two hundred and eighty-five cases of chicken pox were notified
by the head teachers of the schools in the district.
Whooping Cough.
One hundred and forty-three cases of whooping cough were
notified during the year by the head teachers of schools in this
district. Three deaths were registered, one male and two females.
Measles.
Seven hundred and ten cases of measles were notified during
the year by the head teachers of schools in the district. Five deaths
from measles were registered during the year, two males and three
females.