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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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Table: The monthly incidence of infectious disease was:—

The monthly incidence of infectious disease was:—

Small PoxScarlet FeverDiphtheriaTyphoid FeverErysipelasPneumoniaPuerperal PyrexiaOphthalmia NeonatorumDysenteryMeningococcal InfectionsPoliomyelitis ParalyticPoliomyelitis Non- ParalyticMeaslesWhooping CoughFood PoisoningParatyphoidMalariaAcute Encephalitis InfectiveAcute Encephalitis Post-InfectiousTotals
January...5......231...............16797...............275
February...4.........72...1.........296110...............420
March...23.........2...11......490581............576
April...12...............11......19031...............235
May...15............1...............13432...............182
June...15.........31...............9147............1168
July...8.........2......11......1016...............38
August...6.........11...............56...............19
September...2............4...............110...............17
October...4......221..................7...............16
November...8.........31...1.........13...............17
December...9......41112...1...1331.........27
Totals...111......824131731...138642041......11980