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Wimbledon 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Wimbledon Infectious Diseases Hospital

DiseaseCases admittedDeaths
Under 5 YearsOver 5 YearsTotalUnder 5 YearsOver 5 YearsTotal
Brought forward from 1932
Scarlet Fever92231.........
Diphtheria51722.........
Whooping Cough1...1.........
Cases admitted in 1933
From Wimbledon—
Scarlet Fever2096116...11
Diphtheria316191...1
Erysipelas...44.........
Measles...11.........
Cerebro-spiral Meningitis...11...11
Enteric Fever...11.........
Chicken Pox1...1.........
From Kingston—
Scarlet Fever1785102.........
Diphtheria821291...1
„ (Baby born)1...1.........
From Mitcham—
Whooping Cough1...1.........
From Tolworth—
Scarlet Fever...11.........
(Transferred to Tolworth)
Totals66265331224
Daily Average Number of Cases in Hospital37
Average Number of Days in Hospital (per Case)43
Total Number of Kingston Cases132

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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