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 HOSPITAL
Cases admitted to hospital during the year ended December 31, 1948.
DISEASE | Beddington & Wallington | Coulsdon & Purley | Merton & Morden | Mitcham | |||||
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Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | ||
Diphtheria | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | (1) | ... |
Scarlet fever | 47 | ... | 24 | ... | 78 | ... | 23 | (60) | 1a (la) |
Erysipelas | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | (7) | ... |
Whooping cough | 2 | ... | 4 | ... | 4 | ... | 3 | (3) | ... |
Tonsillitis | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | 7 | ... | 10 | (12) | ... |
Measles | 7 | ... | 6 | ... | 11 | ... | 22 | (26) | ...(lb) |
Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1(d) | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | (4) | 1 (1) |
Chicken Pox | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | (...) | ... |
Admitted with mother | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | (3) | ... |
Otitis Media | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | (1) | ... |
Abscess | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | (1) | ... |
Meningitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | (5) | ... |
Mumps | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | (1) | ... |
Observation | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | (1) | ... |
Septicaemia | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | (...) | ... |
Pneumonia | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 1(c) | ... | (...) | ... |
Disseminated sclerosis | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | (...) | ... |
Enteritis | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | (1) | ... |
Carcinoma of throat | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | (...) | ... |
Sunstroke | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | (...) | ... |
Nervo-myelitis optica | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | (...) | ... |
Puerperal pyrexia | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | (1) | ... |
Rubella | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | (...) | ... |
Influenza and pleurisy- | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | (...) | ... |
Acute nephritis1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | (...) | ... |
71 | 1 | 44 | ... | 120 | 2 | 70 | (127) | 2 (3) |
* This case was admitted 24.12.47 as Scarlet Fever.
(а) Toxic Scarlet Fever and acute heart failure.
(b) Measles with Pneumonia.
(c) Pneumonia with Membranous Laryngitis.
(d) Bulbar Paralysis.