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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 1962

[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..................1.........33...............14
February...2.........1......2.........3..................8
March...4......1.....................6..................11
April...2..............................5..................7
May...5.........2..................12...............10
June...1..................1.........21...............5
July...1..............................23...............6
August...2......1...1...1...1...6..................13
September....................................6..................6
October...2......2.........2.........181...............25
November...5......2.....................7661............90
December...3..................1.........72..................76
Totals—34——631—811—200161......——271