Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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WANDLE VALLEY JOINT HOSPITAL BOARD
Cases admitted to the hospital during the year ended December 31, 1938.
Disease | Beddington & Wallington | Coulsdon & Purley | Merton & Morden | Mitcham | ||||
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Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | |
Diphtheria | 15 | ... | 10 | ... | 33 | 2 | 76 | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | 38 | ... | 59 | ... | 143 | ... | 128 | ... |
Typhoid | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Erysipelas | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | ... | 2 | ... |
Tonsilitis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | ... |
Measles | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 5 | ... | 8 | ... |
Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... |
Rubella | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | ... |
Enteritis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Pneumonia | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Cancer of Bowel | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Chill | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Chicken Pox | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... |
T.B. Meningitis | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
Septicaemia | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Rheumatism | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal Sepsis | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Malta Fever | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Anterior Poliomyelitis | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... |
Mumps | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Impetigo | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Admitted with mother | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Streptococcal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Influenza | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... |
71 | 3 | 82 | ... | 196 | 3 | 233 | 3 |