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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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TABLE XXX.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES, NOTIFICATION DEATHS AND DISTRIBUTION, 1939.
| 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 | Ravnes Park | St. Helier | West Barnes | |||||||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 98 | 1.37 | - | - | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 89 | 90% |
| Diptheria | 32 | 0.44 | 2 | 6% | 1 | 3 | 5 | - | 2 | 4 | - | 14 | 3 | 32 | 100% |
| Enteric Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 100% | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 100% |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 15 | 0.21 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 26% |
| Erysipelas | 15 | 0.21 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | 5 | 33% |
| Pneumonia | 52 | 0.73 | 5 | 9% | 4 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 10 | - | 7 | - | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis | 3 | 0.04 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 100% |
| Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 1 | 0.01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 0.02 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 50% |
| Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Influenzal Pneumonia | 19 | 0.26 | 2 | 10% | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Measles | 5 | 0.07 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 0.04 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
*Number admitted to isolation hospital only.