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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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The monthly incidence of infections disease was:—
| Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Typhoid Fever | Erysipelas | Pneumonia | Puerperal Pyrexia | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Dysentery | Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | Poliomyelitis | Measles | Whooping Cough | Food Poisoning | Totals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | ... | 8 | 1 | ... | 8 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 44 | ... | ... | 62 |
| February | ... | 7 | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 26 | 1 | ... | 43 |
| March | ... | 9 | 3 | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 27 | 3 | ... | 51 |
| April | ... | 8 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 9 | 6 | 1 | 25 |
| May | ... | ... | 19 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 29 | 38 | ... | 103 |
| June | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 27 | 35 | ... | 75 |
| July | ... | 4 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20 | 31 | 2 | 62 |
| August | ... | 5 | 6 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 30 | 1 | 50 |
| September | ... | 8 | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 9 | 2 | 38 |
| October | ... | 4 | 9 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 14 | ... | 31 |
| November | ... | 11 | 5 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 14 | ... | 36 |
| December | ... | 2 | 6 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 15 |
| Total | ... | 75 | 72 | ... | 19 | 22 | 2 | 3 | ... | 12 | ... | 194 | 186 | 6 | 591 |