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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS
The total number of confirmed notifications received during
1951 was 1,980.
Contacts, Suspects, Etc.
The Medical Officer of Health is called in consultation by
medical practitioners to see patients in their homes, as required.
Visits
Sanitary Inspectors in common infectious diseases 174
„ „ to small pox contacts 25
Total 199
Rooms disinfected after infectious disease 200