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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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The sources fom which information as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained are as follows:-
| Number of Cases | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||
| Death Returns | (a) From Local Registrar | 1 | — |
| (b) Transferable deaths from Registrar General | 1 | 1 | |
| Posthumous notifications from doctors | — | — | |
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 75 per cent.
Non-notified tuberculosis death 3
Total tuberculosis deaths 4
Home Safety
The Home Safety Committee during the year took part in various
National Safety campaigns: Fire Prevention, Broken Glass, Water
Safety and First Aid in the Home. Notices and leaflets were distributed
to factories, shops and clinics, and bookmarks were issued
through the public libraries.
A competition in the form of an essay on Safety in the Home
was organised for schoolchildren in the Borough and was highly
successful, about 2,000 entries being completed.
Following representations by the Committee, a film projector and
film strips were purchased to augment lectures and demonstrations.
Five thousand copies of a booklet " Safety in the Home " were
distributed to children and old people.
Meals-on-Wheels
The Meals-on-Wheels service, run by the W.V.S., continued to
supply meals on four days a week to the housebound and to old age
pensioners at the London Road Old People's Welfare Club.
Mrs. Topay, who has been an enthusiastic and generous caterer
since the scheme began, has given up her restaurant, but the supply
of meals is being satisfactorily continued by her successor.