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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton]
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TABLE III.—Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1909.
| Cases Notified in whole District. | Total Cases Not ified in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notifiable Disease. | At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| At all ages. | Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | West Ba nes. | Bushey Mead | Merton Park. | Abbey | West Barnes. | Bushey Mead. | Merton Park. | Abbey. | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | |
| Small-pox | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 31 | ... | 8 | 17 | 2 | 4 | ... | 2 | 14 | 3 | 12 | ... | 12 | 3 | 8 | 23 |
| Erysipelas | 9 | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet fever | 62 | 1 | 19 | 32 | 6 | 4 | ... | 7 | 28 | ... | 25 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 17 | 47 |
| Typhus fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Relapsing fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Measles | 153 | 5 | 50 | 93 | 5 | ... | ... | 7 | 75 | 23 | 48 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 258 | 7 | 78 | 145 | 14 | 14 | ... | 18 | 122 | 28 | 90 | 3 | 37 | 5 | 26 | 71 |
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.