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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 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

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45
Prevention of Blindness
This comes under the control of the Surrey County Council.
School Notifications
The school intimation notices of infectious disease are
compared with the notifications received from the medical
practitioners. If any case on the school return is found to be
unnotified, investigations are made in order to find out if the patient
is receiving medical attention.

Table: The school notices also give information of the prevalence of non-notifiable infectious disease, such as chicken-pox, mumps, etc. The numbers were as follows: —

The school notices also give information of the prevalence of non-notifiable infectious disease, such as chicken-pox, mumps, etc. The numbers were as follows: —

Chicken pox111
Mumps354
Ringworm—
Rubella2
Impetigo1
Jaundice—
Influenza1
Glandular fever1

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Cancer
The number of deaths from cancer registered during the year
was 144, of which 77 were males and 67 females.
The trend for England and Wales is continuing upwards.
The site distribution for 1960 was as follows: —
Stomach 16 cases
Respiratory organs 36 „
Breast 19 „
Genito-urinary organs 4 „
Other sites 69 „
Total 144