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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

Wimbledon 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Table: Table showing Ward Distribution of Infectious Cases in 1938

Table showing Ward Distribution of Infectious Cases in 1938

DISEASE.Cases Notified at All Ages.Cases Notified in each Ward.Total Cases removed to Hospital.
St. Mary'sSt. John'sCottenham ParkWimbledon ParkDundonaldTrinitySouth ParkHaydon Park
Smallpox..............................
Scarlet Fever554313231461050
Diphtheria (including Membranous croup)37513...768735
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid)1......1..................
Puerperal Fever..............................
Puerperal Pyrexia111...3...13128
Acute Primary Pneumonia191...2252523
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia2...............2.........
Cerebro-spinal Fever..............................
Acute Poliomyelitis..............................
Acute Polio-encephalitis..............................
Encephalitis Lethargica..............................
Malaria..............................
Dysentery1...1.....................
Ophthalmia Neonatorum8...1......1...332
Erysipelas23133253426
Pulmonary Tuberculosis4356334411734
Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis8......2...11132
Totals208171530927353936140