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WIMBLEDON INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL
Two hundred and fifty-seven cases were admitted to the Infectious
Diseases Hospital during 1942. as there were twenty-one cases in
hospital at the end of 1941, the total number of cases under
treatment during the year amounted to two hundred and seventy-eight.
One hundred and eighty of these cases were from Wimbledon, and
ninety-eight from Kingston.
Of the two hundred and seventy-eight patients under treatment,
one hundred and sixty-nine were suffering from scarlet fever, twentyfour
from diphtheria, eleven from cerebro-spinal meningitis, eight
from enteric fever, twenty-three from measles and forty-three from
other diseases.
There was no death during the year.
Twenty-five patients remained in hospital at the end of 1942.
Seventeen of these were suffering from scarlet fever, four from
diphtheria, and four from dysentery.
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 1942.
It is also a pleasure to draw attention to the help and cooperation
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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