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Wimbledon 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Wimbledon Isolation Hospital

DiseaseCases admittedDeaths
Under 5 YearsOver 5 YearsTotalUnder 5 YearsOver 5 YearsTotal
Brought forward from 1931
Scarlet Fever4913.........
Diphtheria41620.........
Cases admitted in 1932
From Wimbledon—..................
Scarlet Fever2488112.........
Diphtheria125163...11
Diphtheria and Mumps...11.........
Puerperal Sepsis...33.........
„ „ (Baby)3...3.........
Puerperal Pyrexia...11.........
„ „ (Baby)1...1.........
German Measles...11.........
Measles137201...1
Whooping Cough1...1.........
Meningitis and Whooping Cough1...1.........
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis...11.........
Enteric Fever...22.........
From Kingston—..................
Scarlet Fever121628.........
Diphtheria53540134
From Mitcham—..................
Scarlet Fever1...1.........
TOTALS81231312246
Daily Average Number of Cases in Hospital36
Average Number of Days in Hospital (per Case)47
Total Number of Kingston Cases68

The revenue derived from the admission of patients from
outside areas since 1919 now exceeds £30,010.
Two hundred and seventy-nine cases were admitted to the
Isolation Hospital during 1932. As there were thirty-three
cases in Hospital at the end of 1931, the total number of
cases under treatment during the year amounted to 312.
Two hundred and ten of these eases were from Wimbledon,
sixty-eight from Kingston, and one from Mitcham.
There were thus thirty-two more cases admitted to the
hospital in 1932 as compared with the previous year.
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