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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 1959

[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...14.........1..................1393...............157
February...12.........12......2.........21921............248
March...13.........4......5.........19316............222
April...5......12......1.........12536............143
May...8......1......11.........12721............141
June...2.........1..................3211............37
July....................................91...............10
August...4......1.....................2...4............11
September....................................11...............3
October...5.........1.....................13............10
November...6.........1......1............25............15
December............1......1......1........................3
Totals...69......422...21011...8471727............1000