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 Merton & Morden]
This page requires JavaScript
TABLE XXXI.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES, NOTIFICATION DEATHS AND DISTRIBUTION, 1937.
Disease | Cases Notified | Case rate per 1,000 Population | Deaths among notified cases | Percentage of deaths to cases | Distribution of cases Wards | No. of cases removed to hospital | Percentage of cases removed to hospital | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abbey | Bushey Mead | Central | Morden | Park | Ravensbury | Raynes Park | St. Helier | West Barnes | |||||||
Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Scarlet Fever | — | — | 8 | 11 | 13 | 12 | |||||||||
Diphtheria | 18% | 3 | 3 | — | |||||||||||
Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | 100% | — | — | — | 1 | - | - | — | -_ | - | 1 | ||
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 50% | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | |||||||
Puerperal Pyrexia | 50% | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | - | |||||
Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | 100% | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | - | ||||
Erysipelas | 0.15 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | - | ||||||
Pneumonia | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | - | - | ||||||||
Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | 1 | — | - | 1 | |||
Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | - | - | |
Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | - | - | - |
Dysentery | 19 | — | — | — | 8 | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | - | ||||
Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | - | - | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | - | - | - |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | 1 | ||||||
Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - |
Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | -_ | - | - |
Influenzal Pneumonia | 0.59 | - | — | 1 | — | 8 | 3 | - | — |
*Number admitted to isolation hospital only.