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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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32.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS 1955-64
| DISEASE | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 33 | 56 | 18 | 75 | 69 | 24 | 32 | 34 | 28 | 30 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Meningococcal Infections | — | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | - |
| Measles | 1059 | 50 | 1358 | 172 | 847 | 162 | 850 | 200 | 770 | 433 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 7 | 13 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 34 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 6 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 167 | 103 | 130 | 45 | 17 | 118 | 58 | 16 | 35 | 59 |
| Food Poisoning | 8 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Dysentery | 17 | 60 | 47 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 19 | - |
| Paratyphoid | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 1335 | 322 | 1590 | 325 | 1000 | 338 | 960 | 271 | 874 | 531 |