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Merton and Morden 1913

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

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TABLE II.—Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1918.

Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in whole District.Total Cases Notified in each Locality.No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality.
At all ages.At Ages—Years.12345123456
Abbey Ward.Park Ward.Bushey Mead.West Barnes.j Morden.Abbey Ward.Park Ward.Bushey Mead.West Barnes.Morden.Total Cases removed to Hospital.
Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.15 to 45.45 to 65.65 and upwards.
Small-pox.........................................................
Cholera.........................................................
Plague.........................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous croup)24...71313......221442...............15
Erysipelas9.........35...13...51..................2
Scarlet fever25...41821......9781..................17
Typhus fever.........................................................
Enteric fever1...............1............1..................1
Relapsing fever.........................................................
Continued fever.........................................................
Puerperal fever2............2......11........................1
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis.........................................................
Poliomyelitis.........................................................
Pulmonary Tuberculosis25......25162...431512..................
Other forms of Tuber-10...1342......2...7...1..................
Measles40619160214112......11660214511..................
Totals50219172250263131137732631316...............36

The Isolation Hospital is situated at Beddington Corner (joint Hospital with Croydon Rural).
The joint Small-pox Hospital is situated at North Cheam (joint with Wimbledon, Croydon Borough, Croydon Rural,
and Penge Urban Districts).
Number of Diseases that can be concurrently treated—Small-pox, Enteric, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and Erysipelas.
15