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Wimbledon 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Wimbledon Isolation Hospital.
| Disease | Under 5 years. | Over 5 years. | Total. | Deaths. | Remarks. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 5 years | Over 5 years. | Total. | |||||
| Carried over from 1930 | |||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 18 | 21 | ... | ... | ... | Daily average number of cases. 32 |
| Diphtheria | 4 | 36 | 40 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Cases admitted in 1931. | |||||||
| From Wimbledon. | |||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 15 | 54 | 69 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diphtheria | 10 | 58 | 68 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 4 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Measles | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| Typhoid | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | Average number of days in hospital, 46 |
| Paratyphoid B. | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Puerperal Sepsis | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| „ ,, (Baby) | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| „ „ (Baby) | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Whooping Cough & Bronchitis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other Diseases | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| From Kingston. | |||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 16 | 17 | ... | ... | ... | Total Kingston cases, 65 |
| Diphtheria | 14 | 32 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Enteric Fever | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Total treated in 1931 | 54 | 226 | 280 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
The revenue derived from the admission of patients from
outside areas since 1919 now exceeds £28,175.
Two hundred and nineteen cases were admitted to the Isolation
Hospital during 1931. As there were sixty-one cases in
Hospital at the end of 1930, the total number of cases under
treatment during the year amounted to 280.
One hundred and fifty-three of these cases were from
Wimbledon, and sixty-five from Kingston.
There were thus 151 less cases admitted to the hospital in
1931 as compared with the previous year.
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