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Coulsdon and Purley 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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WANDLE VALLEY JOINT HOSPITAL BOARD.
Cases Admitted to Hospital during the Year ended 31st December, 1945.
| Disease. | Beddington and Wallington. | Couldson and Pur ley. | Merton and Mor den. | Mite ham. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |
| Diphtheria | 5 | — | 3 | 10 | — | 67 | — | |
| Scarlet fever | 25 | — | 48 | — | 68 | — | 97 | — |
| Erysipelas | 5 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 5 | 1* |
| Tonsilitis or Quinsy | 5 | — | 5 | — | 10 | — | 15 | — |
| Measles | 4 | — | 4 | — | 15 | — | 26 | — |
| Influenza | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| Whooping cough | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | — | |
| Rubella | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | — |
| Mumps | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Chicken-pox | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — |
| Meningitis and cerebrospinal meningitis | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | — |
| Tuberculous meningitis | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Puerperal fever (sepsis) | 2 | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | 4 | — |
| Admitted with mother | 3 | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 3 | — |
| Admitted with baby | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Infantile-paralysis | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — |
| Dermatitis | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 3 | — |
| Enteritis and typhoid | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | 5 | — |
| Laryngitis | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Streptococcal infection and impetigo | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| No obvious disease | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| Mastoid abscess | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jaundice | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Conjunctivitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Brain tumour | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Purpura | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Pyelitis | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Totals | 63 | 2 | 75 | 1 | 129 | 1 | 256 | 6 |