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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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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...3.........5.....................171............26
February...3.........1..................15...............10
March...5.........1.....................7...............13
April...3.........1..................52...............11
May...2..............................51...............8
June...3.........2......1.........183...............27
July...3..............................301...............34
August...1..................1.........423............11
September...1......1.........3.........322............13
October...11......12..................101...............25
November...21..................2.........551...............79
December...191.........1.........4133............68
Totals...75......312......8.........1724591.........325