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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 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]

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Table: TABLE XI.Infectious Dieases Notification, Deaths and Distribution, 1950.

TABLE XI.

Infectious Dieases Notification, Deaths and Distribution, 1950.

DiseaseCases NotifiedCase Rate per 1,000 populationDeaths among notified casesPercentage of deaths to casesDistribution of Cases in WardsNo. of cases removed to hospitalPercentage of cases removed to hospital
AbbeyBushey MeadCentralMordenParkRavensburyRaynes ParkSt. HelierWest Barnes
smallpox---------------
Scarlet Fever1211.60--9412311419101487058 %
Diphtheria---------------
Enteric Fever---------------
Meningococcal Infection10.01-----------1100%
Puerperal Pyrexia60.08------5-1--6100%
Erysipelas100.13----123-2-2440%
Poliomyelitis—
Paralytic50.07120%--11--21-5100%
Non-Paralytic10.01------1----1100%
Dysentery10.01--------1--1100%
Food Poisoning100.13---1171----110%
Ophthalmia Neonatorum10.01----1--------
Primary Pneumonia580.7711.7%12812659510--
Influenzal Pneumonia170.2215.9%-33521-12--
Measles5236.91--137015148725138681230.57%
Whooping Cough2232.95--102540332217262426--