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WIMBLEDON INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL.
One hundred and ninety-six cases were admitted to the
Infectious Diseases Hospital during 1340. As thorn wore ten cases
in hospital at the end of 1939, the total number of cases under
treatment during the year amounted to two hundred and six. One
hundred and fourteen of these cases were from Wimbledon, and ninetytwo
from Kingston,
Of the two hundred and six patients under treatment, seventyone
were suffering from scarlet fever, twenty-nine from diphtheria
and twenty-one from cerebro-spinal meningitis, sixteen from enteric
fever, thirty-eight from measles and thirty-one from other diseases.
There were seven deaths during the year, one of which was due
to diphtheria, five to cerebro-spinal meningitis and one to tuberculous
meningitis.
Fifteen patients remained in hospital at the end of 1940.
Ten of these were suffering from scarlet fever, two from measles,
one from whooping cough, one from cerebro-spinal meningitis and
one from erysipelas.
In concluding this report I should like to express my deep
appreciation to the Chairman and members of the Public Health
and Maternity and Child Welfare Committees for the consideration
and courtesy which they have again shown me during 1940.
It is also a pleasure to draw attention to the help and
co-operation which I have received from all members of the staff.
I have the honour to be
Your obedient servant,
HAROLD ELLIS.
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