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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 1954

[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:—

SmallpoxScarlet FeverDiphtheriaTyphoid FeverErysipelasPneumoniaPuerperal PyrexiaOphthalmia NeonatorumDysenteryMeningococcal InfectionsPoliomyelitis ParalyticPoliomyelitis Non-ParalyticMeaslesWhooping CoughFood PoisoningParatyphoidMalariaAcute Encephalitis InfectiveAcute Encephalitis Post-InfectiousTotals
January...6...111..................17...............26
February...2.........1...1...1......4261............36
March...10.........41...2............29...............46
April...7.........41...1............22...............35
May...5......12......101......18...............28
June...5......11......20............103...1......41
July...4.........1......6.........273............23
August...2......3.........3............2...............10
September...1..................3.........34...............11
October............11..................92193............116
November...2..................1.........2113...............37
December...3.........1..................82621.........41
Totals...47...161631462......1311831211......450