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TUBERCULOSIS
Seventy-one cases of tuberculosis were notified. This figure
shows a decrease of nine on the number for the previous year.
There were thirty-four deaths from tuberculosis in 1943, two
more than in the previous year.
Thirty of these were due to pulmonary tuberculosis.
During 1943, fift^r-three V/imbledon patients were admitted to
sanatoria or hospitals.
WIMBLEDON INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL.
Three hundred and sixty-seven cases were admitted to the Infectious
Diseases Hospital during 1943. As there were twenty-five cases
in hospital at the end.of 1942, the total number of cases under treatment
during the year amounted to three hundred and ninety-two. Two
hundred and fifty-seven of these cases were from V/imbledon, and one
hundred and twenty-five from Kingston.
On the three hundred and ninety-two patients under treatment, two
hundred and thirty-five were suffering from scarlet fever, thirty-seven
from diphtheria, twelve from cerebro-spinal meningitis, one from
enteric fever, sixteen from dysentery, twenty-six from measles, and
sixty-five from other diseases.
There were six deaths during the year. Two of these were due to
whooping cough, one of which was complicated by broncho-pneumonia and
the other pneumothorax. Two cases admitted as cerebro-spinal fever
teminated fatally, the cause of death in each case being pneumococcal
meningitis. One case, admitted as dysente^, died from gastroenteritis
.
Thirty-three patients remained in hospital at the end of 1943..
Twenty-eight of these were suffering from scarlet fever, two from
diphtheria, on6 from puerperal pyrexia, one from whooping cough, and
one from chickenpox.
STAFF.
Towards the end of the year Dr. P.J.Doody was informed that he
would be recruited for service with H.M.Forces early in 1944. Dr.
Emily M. Frazer was appointed in a temporary capacity and arrangements
were made for her to commence duty on 1st January, 1944.
In concluding this report I should like to express my deep
appreciation to the Chaiiman and members of the Public Health and
Maternity and Child Welfare Committees for the consideration and
courtesy which they have again shown me during 1943.
It is also a pleasure to draw attention to the help and cooperation
which I have received from all members of the staff.
I have the honour to be
Your obedient Servant,
HAROLD ELLIS.
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