Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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WANDLE VALLEY JOINT HOSPITAL BOARD.
Cases admitted to the hospital during the year ended December 31, 1936.
Disease | Beddington & Wallington | Coulsdon & Purley | Merton & Morden | Mitcham | ||||
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Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | |
Diphtheria | 11 | ... | 38 | 1 | 27 | ... | 103 | 4 |
Scarlet Fever | 47 | 1§ | 96 | ... | 111 | ... | 149 | ... |
Typhoid | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 5 | ... | 4 | 1† |
Erysipelas | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | 1† | 7 | 11 |
Tonsilitis | 4 | ... | 6 | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | ... |
Measles | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 11 | 1|| | 6 | ... |
Other Diseases | ||||||||
Chicken Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
C.S.M. Mastoidectomy Septicæmia | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... |
Ulcerated Stomatitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Tubercular Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
Enteritis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 3 |
Babies admitted with mother | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Rubella | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Rheumatic Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Pemphigus | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Mother (no disease) | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Pneumonia | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
68 | l | 155 | 2 | 162 | 2 | 282 | 10 |
* Erysipelas with cerebral embolus.
† Typhoid with para typhoid.
‡ Erysipelas with nephritis.
§ Streptococcal Meningitis following scarlet fever.
|| Convulsions from measles.