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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 1953

[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.........92...............2375...............263
February...3......17..................3217...............339
March...15......252...2.........2237...............256
April...8.........11...1...1...8029...............121
May...10......123...4...1...11391............72
June...5..................1.........5401............52
July...11..............................446...............61
August...4......2...1...............3904............104
September...2............1.........21...302............38
October...7......31......6.........1159............42
November...6......1.........1.........216...............26
December...5......121...............112...............22
Totals...86......112711...15...4188833617............1396