London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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Erysipelas
Nineteen cases were notified Thirteen cases were removed
to hospital. No deaths from this disease were registered.
Puerperal Pyrexia
Two cases were notified during the year.
Pneumonia
Twenty-two cases of primary pneumonia were notified during
the year. The number of deaths from all forms of pneumonia,
some of which are not notifiable, was 25, of which 18 were males
and 7 females.