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, 1941.
Disease | Beddington & Wallington | Coulsdon & Purley | Merton & Morden | Mitcham | ||||
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Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | |
Diphtheria | 11 | 1 | 6 | ... | 24 | ... | 82 | 2 |
Scarlet Fever | 19 | ... | 27 | ... | 70 | ... | 69 | ... |
Typhoid | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | 6 | ... | 7 | ... |
Erysipelas | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 11 | ... |
Tonsilitis | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... |
Measles | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 11 | ... | 9 | ... |
Influenza | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... |
Whooping Cough | 7 | 2* | 7 | ... | 20 | 1 1 | 14 | 1† |
Rubella | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Meningitis | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | 12 | ... | 10 | l |
T.B. Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 |
Chicken Pox | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 1‡ |
Admitted with mother | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Abscesses & Septic Sores | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Septicaemia | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | |
Dermatitis (including Scabies) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... |
Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
Enteritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... |
Heat Rash | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Pneumonia | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
52 | 3 | 57 | ... | 154 | 3 | 226 | 8 |
* One Beddington & Wallingion death and one Merton & Morden death.
Whooping Cough with Convulsions.
† One death Whooping Cough and Broncho Pneumonia.
‡ One death Septic Abortion.