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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The school notices also give fairly accurate estimates of the prevalence of non-notifiable infectious disease, such as chicken pox, mumps, etc. The numbers were as follows: —
Chicken pox | 26 |
Mumps | 17 |
Jaundice | 3 |
Ringworm | 1 |
Measles | 43 |
Whooping cough | 48 |
Scarlet fever | 29 |
Poliomyelitis | 1 |
Pulmonary tuberculosis | 1 |
Cancer
The number of deaths from cancer registered during the year was 124, of which 69 were males and 55 were females. The site distribution for 1949 was as follows: —
Digestive organs | 21 cases |
Genito-urinary organs | 8 „ |
Breast | 8 „ |
Other sites | 87 „ |
Total | 124 |