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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
Merton and Morden 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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TABLE XXXI.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES, NOTIFICATION DEATHS AND DISTRIBUTION, 1938.
| Disease | Gases 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 | Ravnes Park | St. Helier | West Barnes | |||||||
| Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Scarlet Fever | 161 | 2.33 | – | – | 6 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 29 | 16 | 32 | 10 | 143 | 88% |
| Diphtheria | 28 | 0.40 | 2 | 7% | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | 28 | 100% |
| Enteric Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –– | – | _ | – | – |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 100% | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 100% |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 10 | 0.14 | 1 | 10% | 2 | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 8 | 80% |
| Erysipelas | 14 | 0.20 | 1 | 7% | 2 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | – | 7 | 50% |
| Pneumonia | 42 | 0.60 | 3 | 7% | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 9 | 12 | – | 17 | – | _–_* | – |
| Poliomyelitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Relapsing Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | _ | – | – |
| Dysentery | 4 | 0.05 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | 0.13 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 22% |
| Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Influenzal Pneumonia | 7 | 0.10 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – |
*Number admitted to isolation hospital only.