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]
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TABLE XIV.
Month | Wards | Total | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abbey | Bushey Mead | Central | Morden | Park | Ravensbury | Raynes Park | St. Helier | West Barnes | ||
January | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
February | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 6 |
March | – | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 8 |
April | – | 2 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 9 |
May | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
June | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 7 |
July | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | – | – | 13 |
August | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 |
September | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 4 |
October | – | – | – | 7 | 1 | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | 14 |
November | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
December | – | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 19 |
Total | 4 | 14 | 14 | 40 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 112 |
Monthly mean | 0.33 | 1.17 | 1.17 | 3.33 | 0.66 | 0.75 | 0.83 | 0.58 | 0.50 | 9.33 |
The incidence in the various wards was as follows:—
Wards | Cases | Incidence per 1,000 population |
---|---|---|
Abbey | 4 | 0.7 |
Bushey Mead | 14 | 1.7 |
Central | 14 | 1.2 |
Morden | 40 | 3.2 |
Park | 8 | 0.7 |
Ravensbury | 9 | 1.3 |
Raynes Park | 10 | 1.2 |
St. Helier | 7 | 0.6 |
West Barnes | 6 | 0.8 |