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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 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

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37
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS
The total number of confirmed notifications received during 1958
was 325.
Contacts, Suspects, Etc.
The Medical Officer of Health is called in consultation by
medical practitioners to see patients in their homes, as required.

Table: Visits

Visits

Public Health Inspectors to common infectious diseases165
Public Health Inspectors to smallpox contacts3
Total168
Rooms disinfected after infectious disease74