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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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The following table shows the incidence and ages of the persons affected:—
| Notified | Number | Confirmed Cases | Deaths | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -5 | 5-15 | 15 + | ||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| June | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| July | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| August | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — |
| September | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| October | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| November | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| December | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 10 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
School Notifications
The school intimation notices of infectious disease are always
compared with the notifications received from the medical
practitioners. If any case on the school return is found to be
unnotified, investigations are made in order to find out if the
patient is receiving medical attention.
The school notices also give fairly accurate estimate of the prevalence of non-notifiable infectious disease, such as chicken pox, mumps, etc. The numbers so notified were as follows:—
| Chicken pox | 132 |
| Mumps | 136 |
| Impetigo | 7 |
| Jaundice | 1 |
| Rubella | 51 |
| Ringworm | — |
| Scabies | 2 |
Cancer
The number of deaths from cancer registered during the year
was 103, of which 53 were males and 50 were females.