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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Rubella
Forty cases of rubella were notified among school-children.
Ringworm
Three cases of ringworm were notified among school-children.
Dermatitis
No cases were notified among school-children.
Infective Jaundice
Five cases were notified among school-children.
Jaundice.
Thirty-six cases were notified among school-children.
Erysipelas
Twenty-two cases were notified. Seven cases were removed
to hospital. No deaths from this disease were registered.
Puerperal Pyrexia
Three cases were notified during the year.
Pneumonia
Fifty 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 41, of which 24 were males
and 17 females.
Cerebro Spinal Fever
Eight cases occurred during 1943, and there was one death.
Influenza
During the year nine deaths from influenza were recorded.
Three were males and six females. The previous year three
deaths were registered.