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Mitcham 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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WANDLE VALLEY HOSPITAL
Cases admitted to hospital during the year ended December 31, 1948.
| DISEASE | Beddington & Wallington | Coulsdon & Purley | Merton & Morden | Mitcham | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | ||
| Diphtheria | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | (1) | ... |
| Scarlet fever | 47 | ... | 24 | ... | 78 | ... | 23 | (60) | 1a (la) |
| Erysipelas | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | (7) | ... |
| Whooping cough | 2 | ... | 4 | ... | 4 | ... | 3 | (3) | ... |
| Tonsillitis | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | 7 | ... | 10 | (12) | ... |
| Measles | 7 | ... | 6 | ... | 11 | ... | 22 | (26) | ...(lb) |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1(d) | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | (4) | 1 (1) |
| Chicken Pox | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | (...) | ... |
| Admitted with mother | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | (3) | ... |
| Otitis Media | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | (1) | ... |
| Abscess | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | (1) | ... |
| Meningitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | (5) | ... |
| Mumps | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | (1) | ... |
| Observation | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | (1) | ... |
| Septicaemia | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | (...) | ... |
| Pneumonia | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 1(c) | ... | (...) | ... |
| Disseminated sclerosis | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | (...) | ... |
| Enteritis | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | (1) | ... |
| Carcinoma of throat | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | (...) | ... |
| Sunstroke | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | (...) | ... |
| Nervo-myelitis optica | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | (...) | ... |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | (1) | ... |
| Rubella | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | (...) | ... |
| Influenza and pleurisy- | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | (...) | ... |
| Acute nephritis1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | (...) | ... |
| 71 | 1 | 44 | ... | 120 | 2 | 70 | (127) | 2 (3) | |
* This case was admitted 24.12.47 as Scarlet Fever.
(а) Toxic Scarlet Fever and acute heart failure.
(b) Measles with Pneumonia.
(c) Pneumonia with Membranous Laryngitis.
(d) Bulbar Paralysis.