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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Cases admitted to the hospital during the year ended December 31, 1942.
| DISEASE | Beddington & Wallington | Coulsdon & Purley | Merton & Morden | Mitcham | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cases | Deaths | cases | Deaths | cases | Deaths | cases | Deaths | |
| Diphtheria | 7 | ... | 10 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 24 | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 64 | ... | 42 | ... | 174 | 1‡ | 128 | ... |
| Erysipelas | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | ... |
| Tonsilitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 3 | ... |
| Measles | 2 | 5 | ... | 14 | ... | 20 | ... | |
| Influenza | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | ... |
| Whooping Cough | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 6 | ... | 16 | 1† |
| Rubella | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 3 | ... |
| Chicken Pox | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... |
| Meningitis | 1 | ... | 2 | 1‡ | 9 | 3 | 7 | ... |
| Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | ... | 2 | ... | 5 | 1* | 2 | ... |
| With mother | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | 2 | ... |
| Minor injury | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| T.B. Meningitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | l |
| Cerebral Tumour | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Rheumatism | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Pemphigus | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... |
| Lung Abscess | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Thrush | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Enteritis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
| Admitted with baby | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Endocarditis and Pericarditis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | l |
| Pneumonia | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Glandular Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Hemiplegia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Pheno-Barbitone Poisoning | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ulceration of Mouth | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Psycho-Neurosis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Erythema | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| 91 | 1 | 71 | 2 | 247 | 8 | 226 | 4 | |
*Puerperal Fever and Cerebral Embolus,
†Whooping Cough and Convulsions.
‡Broncho Pneumonia.