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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 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Table: Table showing Ward Distribution of Infectious Cases in 1937.

Table showing Ward Distribution of Infectious Cases in 1937.

DISEASE.Cases Notified at All Ages.Cases Notified in each Ward.Total Cases removed to Hospital.
St. Mary'sSt. John'sCottenham ParkWimbledon ParkDundonaldTrinitySouth ParkHaydon Park
Smallpox..............................
Scarlet Fever55827103861150
Diphtheria (including Mem branous croup)602261920101059
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid)4...21............13
Puerperal Fever2...1......1.........2
Puerperal Pyrexia5......4............12
Acute Primary Pneumonia26...442...75...2
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia2012323261...
Cerebrospinal Fever..............................
Acute Poliomyelitis1...l..................1
Acute Polio-encephalitis..............................
Encephalitis Lethargica1..................1......
Malaria..............................
Dysentery201214...2...1...1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3...1.........2.........
Erysipelas17...142172...7
Pulmonary Tuberculosis75071378189746
Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis151...3141324
Totals30419•25592535654333177