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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton and Morden]
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TABLE OF PATIENTS ADMITTED TO ISOLATION HOSPITAL DURING 1923.
| Distbict. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Pneumonia. | Puerperal Fever. | Typhoid Fever | Erysipelas | Tuberculosis. | Measles. | Encephalitis Lethar-gica | Influenza. | Totals. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | |
| Beddington and Wallington | 22 | - | 37 | - | - | - | 1 | 1† | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 66 | 1 | ||
| Ooulsdon and Purley | 35 | 1 | 23 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 59 | 2 |
| Mitcham | 107 | - | 35 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 147 | 1 |
| Merton and Morden | 54 | 1 | 39 | 31 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 95 | 4 |
| Caterham | 11 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - |
| Carshalton | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Surrey | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 2 |
| Totals | 230 | 2 | 136 | 4 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | - | 20 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 401 | 10 |
* 2 patients died from Nephritis.
† Patient died from Tubercular Broncho Pneumonia.