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Wimbledon 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Wimbledon Isolation Hospital.
| Carried, over from 19X9 | Under 5 years. | Over 5 years. | Total. | Deaths. | Remarks. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 5 years | Over 5 years. | Total. | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 23 | 24 | _ | _ | Daily average number | |
| Diphtheria | 4 | 22 | 26 | — | — | of cases. 46 | |
| Cases Admitted in 1930. | |||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 24 | 87 | 111 | — | — | ||
| Diphtheria | 22 | 115 | 137 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Diphtheria and | |||||||
| Measles | 1 | 1 | _ | — | _ | ||
| Diphtheria and | Average | ||||||
| Whooping Cough | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | number of |
| Erysipelas | _ | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | davs in |
| Measles | 2 | 2 | 4 | _ | — | — | hospital, 45 |
| Cerebro Spinal | |||||||
| Meningitis | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Para Typhoid | _ | 2 | 2 | _ | — | — | |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 36 | 38 | — | — | — | Total |
| Diphtheria | 10 | 61 | 71 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Kingston |
| Measles | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | cases, 110 |
| Total treatein 1930 | 68 | 352 | 420 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
The revenue derived from the admission of patients from
outside areas since 1919 now exceeds £"27,000.
370 cases were admitted to the Isolation Hospital during
1930. As there were 50 cases in Hospital at the end of 1929,
the total number of cases under treatment during the year
amounted to 420.
260 of these cases were from Wimbledon, and 110 from
Kingston.
There were thus 49 less cases admitted to the hospital in
1930 as compared with the previous year.
Scarlet Fever.—146 cases of scarlet fever were admitted
to hospital during the year. In addition, three other patients
were admitted with scarlatiniform rashes. In one case the
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