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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 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

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Table: The monthly incidence of infectious disease was:—

The monthly incidence of infectious disease was:—

Small Pox.Scarlet FeverDiphtheriaTyphoid FeverErysipelasPneumoniaPuerperal PyrexiaOphthalmia NeonatorumDysenteryCerebro-spinal MeningitisPoliomyelitisMeaslesWhooping CoughFood PoisoningEncephalitis LethargicaUndulant FeverMalariaTotals
January...7......32......21...192............36
February...9.........62............2213............244
March...9......251............2569............282
April...63........................9482.........113
May...103...l31............707............95
June...173...21......2......317............66
July...173......1......111214............50
August...68...111............20163.........56
September...1910......1.........1...27............40
October...109...33......3......14............33
November...1513...222............111............46
December...3211...251...5...1...18............65
Totals...14763116338...1332739965.........1126