London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Mitcham 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

This page requires JavaScript

Patients Admitted to Wandle Valley Hospital During 1932.

DiseaseBeddington & WallingtonCoulsdon & PurleyMerton & MordenMitchamOther DistrictsStaffTotal
CasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeaths
Diphtheria13...17225...25...2.........822
Scarlet Fever41...17...105...159...2...4...328...
Typhoid1...4...2...1...............8...
Erysipelas3...1.........6...2.........12...
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia2132217...............144
Babies (no disease)......1...21*6...............91
Pneumococal Meningitis11..............................11
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis......1...11..................21
Tubercular Meningitis..................11............11
Infantile Paralysis......21........................21
Sunstroke1.................................1...
Tonsillitis1...3...10...151‡......7...361
Influenza......1...1...2.........18...22...
Whooping Cough............6...41............101
Chicken Pox......1...1...............1...3...
Pneumonia211...1...3...............71
Measles4...2...8123...............371
Rubella3...3...2...3...............11...
Angic Neurotic Oedema1.................................1...
Infective Rhinitis1.................................1...
Pleurisy..................1...............1...
Bronchitis............1.....................1...
Strepto Septicamia............111...............21
Gastro-Enteritis............1.....................1...
Septic Knee..............................2...2...
Abscess1...............1.........2...4...
Lingual Cyst..............................2...2...
Totals753575169525836...36...60116

* Debility.
†One case with Scarlet Fever also.
‡ Septic Tonsillitis.