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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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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...3......11......1.........147...1............154
February...3.........3..................16211............170
March...7......17..................158..................173
April...4............1...............76..................81
May...2.........11...4.........862...............96
June...4..................9.........741...............88
July...2..................4.........48..................54
August........................1.........11..................12
September....................................33............17
October....................................42...............6
November...1......1.....................18...............11
December...2.........2.....................18...............22
Totals—28——3142—19——-770352———1874