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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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Table: New cases coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year through death returns and posthumous notifications:—

New cases coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year through death returns and posthumous notifications:—

Age Periods0-1-2-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75-Total
Pulmonary: Males………………………1………1
Pulmonary Females…………………………………Nil
Non-Pulmonary: Males......……………………………Nil
Non-Pulmonary: Females…………………………………Nil

Table: The sources from which information as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained are as follows: —

The sources from which information as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained are as follows: —

Number of Cases
PulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
Death Returns(a) From Local Registrar1…
(b) Transferable deaths from Registrar General……
Posthumous notifications from doctors……

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The percentage of non-notified tuberculosis deaths (i.e., new
cases coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health after
death of the case) is 33i per cent.
Non-notified tuberculosis deaths 1
Total tuberculosis deaths 3
Miniature Mass Radiography
The was no public session by the mass radiography unit at the
Vestry Hall in 1960. Instead, the unit was concentrated on factories,
and between 80 and 90 per cent. of the factories in Mitcham were