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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 1950

[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 NeonatorumDysenteryMeningococcal InfectionsPoliomyelitisMeaslesWhooping CoughFood PoisoningParatyphoidMalariaTotals
January...16......15......1......126.........41
February...9......27...............776.........102
March...13.........5...............951.........114
April...19.........3...............3411.........67
May...17..................1......831.........57
June...3......11......7......622.........40
July...6......1......1.........38263......75
August...5.........1...............1625.........47
September...8...1...3...11......830.........52
October...7.........2......2...1438.........54
November...2......11......2...17112.........126
December...5......1.........2......4979.........136
Totals...110 ...1728...216123543873......911