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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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| Disease | Cases Notified | Case Rate per 1,000 population | Deaths among notified cases | Percentage of deaths to cases | Distribution of Cases in 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 | 112 | 1.48 | 1 | 0.89% | 4 | 14 | 14 | 40 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 83 | 74% |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 0.03 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | 100% |
| Enteric Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 0.03 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1* | 50% |
| Erysipelas | 15 | 0.19 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20% |
| Poliomyelitis | 8 | 0.10 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 8 | 100% |
| Polio Encephalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dysentery | 1 | 0.01 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Food Poisoning | 16 | 0.21 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 12.5% |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 0.05 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Pneumonia | 33 | 0.44 | 1 | 3.33% | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | – | 2* | 6.1% |
| Influenzal Pneumonia | 7 | 0.09 | 2 | 28.57% | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Measles | 1049 | 13.94 | – | – | 40 | 97 | 200 | 225 | 103 | 117 | 46 | 169 | 52 | 11 | 0.1% |
| Whooping Cough | 378 | 5.02 | – | – | 12 | 36 | 73 | 84 | 26 | 16 | 37 | 61 | 33 | 4 | 1.1% |
* Number admitted to Isolation Hospital only.