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Coulsdon and Purley 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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WANDLE VALLEY JOINT HOSPITAL BOARD.
Cases Admitted to Hospital during the Year ended 31st December, 1917.
| Disease. | Beddington and Wallington. | Coulsdon and Pur ley. | Merton and Morden. | Mitcham. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |
| Diphtheria | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 5 | — |
| Scarlet fever | 51 | — | 47 | 1(a) | 98 | — | 44 | — |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | |
| Tonsilitis or quinsy | 3 | — | 7 | — | 10 | — | 9 | — |
| Measles | 1 | — | 2 | — | 5 | — | 3 | — |
| Influenza | 2 | — | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| Whooping cough | 3 | 1(f) | 3 | — | 4 | — | 8 | |
| Rubella | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — |
| Typhoid and enteritis | — | 3 | 1(c) | 1 | — | |||
| Meningitis, all types, including T.B. meningitis | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | 3(e) | ||
| Pneumonia | 1 | |||||||
| Puerperal fever (sepsis) | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Admitted with mother | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| Poliomyelitis . | 9 | — | 10 | — | 16 | — | 10 | — |
| Dermatitis | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Angio-neurotic oedema | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumococcal peritonitis | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | |
| Chicken pox | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Myalgia | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | — |
| Sub-arachnoid haemorrhage | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Cystitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Urethral stricture | — | — | — | — | , 1 | — | — | — |
| 82 | 3 | 77 | 1 | 160 | 3 | 98 | 3 | |
(a) 1 death cerebral embolus, cardiac failure, septica?mia with scarlet fever.
(b) 1 death erysipelas of face and heart disease.
(c) 1 death gastro enteritis.
(d) 2 deaths T.B. meningitis.
(e) 2 deaths T.B. meningitis, 1 death meningitis from brain abscess.
(/) 1 death broncho-pneumonia and whooping cough.
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