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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS
The total number of confirmed notifications received during 1957
was 1,590.
Contacts, Suspects, Etc.
The Medical Officer of Health is called in consultation by
medical practitioners to see patients in their homes, as required.
Visits
| Public Health Inspectors to common infectious diseases | 203 |
| Public Health Inspectors to smallpox contacts | Nil |
| Total | 203 |
Rooms disinfected after infectious disease 55