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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: New cases comin to the knowledge of the medical officer ofhealth during the year through death return; and posthumousnotification:-

New cases comin to the knowledge of the medical officer of

health during the year through death return; and posthumous

notification:-

Age Periods0-1-2-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75-Total
Pulmonary:
Males..............................1...23
Pulmonary:
Females..........................................
Non-Pulmonary:
Males..........................................
Non-Pulmonary:
Females..........................................

Table: The sources from which information as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained are as follows: —

The sources from which information as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained are as follows: —

Number of Cases
PulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
Death Returns(a) From Local Registrar1...
(b) Transferable deaths from Registrar General2...
Posthumous notifications from doctors......

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The percentage of non-notified tuberculosis deaths (i.e., new
cases coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health after
death of the case) is 27.27.
Non-notified tuberculosis deaths 3
Total tuberculosis deaths 11
Miniature Mass Radiography
A mass radiography unit comes to Mitcham every year and is
granted free use of the Vestry Hall (Town Hall). In 1954 the unit
carried out its work from 30th August to 1st October and the
following summary was supplied by the Medical Director of the
Unit, Dr. F. J. H. Walters: —