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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Visits paid, 23.
Attendances at clinic, 390 persons; representing 155 families.
Treated at baths, 265 persons; representing 100 families.
Number of baths given, 645.
Supplied with lotion or ointment (for home treatment), 109
persons; representing 48 families.
Referred to hospital, 3.
WANDLE VALLEY JOINT HOSPITAL BOARD
Cases admitted to the hospital during the year ended December 31, 1944.
Disease | Beddington & Wallington | Coulsdon & Purley | Merton & Morden | Mitcham | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | |
Diphtheria | 6 | ... | 10 | ... | 7 | 1 | 11 | ... |
Scarlet Fever | 20 | ... | 51 | ... | 172 | 11 | 74 | ... |
Erysipelas | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | ... | 5 | ... |
Tonsilitis | 2 | ... | 4 | ... | 14 | ... | 10 | ... |
Measles | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... |
Influenza | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... |
Whooping Cough | 4 | ... | 8 | ... | 7 | ... | 4 | ... |
Rubella | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | 7 | ... | 1 | ... |
Mumps | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
Chicken Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... |
Rheumatism | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Meningitis & C.S.M | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... |
Puerperal Fever (Sepsis) | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
Admitted with mother | l | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Enteritis & Gastro-Enteritis, Gastritis | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 1† |
Streptoccal Carrier | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Abscess of Keck | 1 | ... | ||||||
Dysentery | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | 1 | ... |
Jaundice | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Pneumonia | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 4 | 1§ |
Para Typhoid B | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Food Poisoning | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Cerebral Haemorrhage | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | l |
Bronchitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Admitted with Baby | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Pemphigus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Impetigo | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Hodgkins Disease and Cellulitis of Leg | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Shingles of Head | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
45 | 1 | 85 | ... | 242 | 4 | 125 | 3 |
* 1 death—Broncho Pneumonia, Measles and Scarlet Fever,
† 1 death—Whooping Cough, Pneumonia and Enteritis; 1 death—
Whooping Cough and Broncho Pneumonia.
‡ 1 death—Gastro Enteritis.
§ 1 death—Broncho Pneumonia.