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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS
The total number of confirmed notifications received during 1963
was 874.
Contacts, Suspects, Etc.
The Medical Officer of Health is called in consultation by medical
practitioners to see patients in their homes, as required.
Visits
Public Health Inspectors to common infectious diseases 172
Public Health Inspectors to smallpox contacts —
Total 172
Rooms disinfected after infectious disease 25