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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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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...2......12......18.........279...............59
February...2......24......20.........1147............1150
March...1.........4......4.........52911............1550
April...1.........2..................35313...............369
May...1..............................22112...............234
June...1......1...............2...818...............93
July...2..............................2431............30
August...1.........1......1......15171............27
September...3..................4............212............30
October...1.........3..................25...............11
November...............2..................113...............16
December...3.........6..................111...............21
Totals...18......424......47...2113581304.........21590