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Coulsdon and Purley 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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TABLE V.—WANDLE VALLEY JOINT HOSPITAL BOARD. Cases admitted to the Hospital during Year ended 31st December, 1938.
| Disease. | Beddington and Wallington. | Coulsdon and Purley. | Merton and Morden. | Mitcham. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cases | deaths | cases | deaths | cases | deaths | cases | deaths | |
| Diphtheria | 15 | - | 10 | - | 33 | 2 | 76 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 38 | - | 59 | - | 143 | - | 128 | - |
| Typhoid „ | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Erysipelas | 4 | - | 1 | - | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Tonsillitis | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | - |
| Measles | - | - | 4 | - | 5 | - | 8 | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Rubella | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | - |
| Enteritis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Pneumonia | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Cancer of Bowel | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chill | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Chicken-Pox | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Tubercular Meningitis | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Septicæmia | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Rheumatism | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Sepsis | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malta Fever | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anterior Poliomyelitis | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Mumps | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Impetigo | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Admitted with Mother | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Streptococcal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Totals | 71 | 3 | 82 | - | 196 | 3 | 233 | 3 |