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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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Table: The sources from which information as to the above mentioned cases was obtained are as follows:—

The sources from which information as to the above mentioned cases was obtained are as follows:—

No. of Cases
PulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
Death returns(a) From Local Registers......
(b) Transferable deaths from Registrar General......
Posthumous notifications31

Table: Number of cases removed from register during 1941:—

Number of cases removed from register during 1941:—

ReasonPulmonaryNon- PulmonaryTotal Cases
MalesFemalesTotalMalesFemalesTotal
Withdrawal of notification.....................
Recovery from disease1231236
Death281947461057
Otherwise111627371037

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The ratio of non-notified tuberculosis deaths to the total
tuberculosis deaths is as follows:—
Non-notified tuberculosis deaths 4
Notified tuberculosis deaths 53
Percentage of non-notified T.B. deaths
(all forms) 7 per cent.
Percentage of non-notified pulmonary
T.B. deaths 6 „
Treatment for cases of tuberculosis is under the control of
the Surrey County Council.
A dispensary has been established at London Road School,
Mitcham. Arrangements have been made by this Borough for