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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 1952

[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...10.........23...3.........116...............35
February...16.........511...1.........15...............39
March...52......351...............614...............81
April...22......12112.........1410...............53
May...14......11112.........3917...............76
June...14......231...1.........6611...............98
July...30......212...2.........191121...1......242
August...10............3.........3...14283............169
September...11......215...4.........1236............44
October...13......21......2...1...32...............24
November...25.........2...1............243...............55
December...8......135...............931...............111
Totals...225......14262341614...59111210...1......1027