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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wimbledon 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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| Disease | Cases admitted | Deaths | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 5 Years | Over 5 Years | Total | Under 5 Years | Over 5 Years | Total | |
| Scarlet Fever | 9 | 22 | 31 | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 17 | 22 | ... | ... | ... |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Cases admitted in 1933 | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 20 | 96 | 116 | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 16 | 19 | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Erysipelas | ... | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Cerebro-spiral Meningitis | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken Pox | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 17 | 85 | 102 | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 8 | 21 | 29 | 1 | ... | 1 |
| „ (Baby born) | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| (Transferred to Tolworth) | ||||||
| Totals | 66 | 265 | 331 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Daily Average Number of Cases in Hospital | 37 | |||||
| Average Number of Days in Hospital (per Case) | 43 | |||||
| Total Number of Kingston Cases | 132 | |||||
The revenue derived from the admission of patients from
outside areas since 1919 now exceeds £32,620.
Two hundred and seventy-seven cases were admitted to
the Infectious Diseases Hospital during 1933. As there were
fifty-four cases in hospital at the end of 1932, the total
number of cases under treatment during the year amounted
to three hundred and thirty-one.
One hundred and forty-three of these cases were from
Wimbledon, one hundred and thirty-two from Kingston, one
from Mitcham, and one from Tolworth.
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