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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 1961

[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...7.........3......1.........21181............51
February...2.........1...1............545...............63
March...3.........1..................1307...............142
April...2.........1..................1523...............158
May...3.........1..................19871............210
June............1.....................11214...............127
July....................................981...............100
August...1..............................47.........1......49
September...4......1.....................211...............27
October...2......1.....................17..................20
November...5......1........................1...............7
December...3......2........................1...............6
Totals...32......671111......850582...1...960