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Wimbledon 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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DUNDONALD HALL.
Number of infant consultations held 49
Total number of attendances 908
Total number seen by doctor 664
Average number of attendances 18.5
Number of new cases under one year 55
Number of new cases over one year 18
Classes for Mothers.
Number of classes held 30
Total number of attendances 161
Average number of attendances 5.3
Subjects taught:—
Mothercraft.
Physiology.
Milk (Mothers and Children) Order, 1918.—Milk has been
supplied under this Order to necessitous cases. In every
instance investigations have been made as to their income and
an order has been sent to the milkman supplying the household
for varying amounts of milk at either less than cost
price or free according to the circumstances of the case.
The number of families supplied during the year was 114.

Table: Isolation Hospital.—The following Table gives the number of patients treated in the Hospital for each disease during the year.

Isolation Hospital.—The following Table gives the number of patients treated in the Hospital for each disease during the year.

Cases Admitted in 1919.Over 5 years.Under 5 years.Total.Deaths.Remarks.
Over 5 years.Under 5 years.Total.
Scarlet Fever9711108---Daily average number of cases 27.
Diphtheria691483257
Enteric Fever10—10———
Puerperal Fever3—3———
German Measles2—2———
Pneumonia and Influenza1111211
Ophthalmia Neonatorum112---
Chicken Pox1-1—--
Enteric Fever Staff..1—1———
Scarlet Fever—Staff2—2—-—.
Diphtheria—Staff1—1———
Influenza—Stall2—2---
Concussion—Staff1-1———Average number of days in Hospital 45.
20127228358
Carried over from 1918 Scarlet Fever9514---
Diphtheria11213-11
Phlebitis—Staff1—1———
Total number of cases treated during 191922234256369