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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 1956

[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...1......32.........111...9...............18
February............11.....................7...............9
March...2......14......1.........35...............16
April...3......16......12.........2510...............57
May...8..................3.........98...............28
June...13..................2.........338............29
July...14........................1...6112............35
August...5........................13110...............20
September...1..................1...12...101............17
October...4......1.........5......215...............18
November...3.........3......4...1...112...............24
December...2.........3......32.........113...............51
Totals...56...1719......6015850103111.........322