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Merton and Morden 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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TABLE XXXI.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES, NOTIFICATION DEATHS AND DISTRIBUTION, 1937.
| Disease | Cases Notified | Case rate per 1,000 Population | Deaths among notified cases | Percentage of deaths to cases | Distribution of cases Wards | No. of cases removed to hospital | Percentage of cases removed to hospital | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey | Bushey Mead | Central | Morden | Park | Ravensbury | Raynes Park | St. Helier | West Barnes | |||||||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | 8 | 11 | 13 | 12 | |||||||||
| Diphtheria | 18% | 3 | 3 | — | |||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | 100% | — | — | — | 1 | - | - | — | -_ | - | 1 | ||
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 50% | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | |||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 50% | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | - | |||||
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | 100% | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | - | ||||
| Erysipelas | 0.15 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | - | ||||||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | - | - | ||||||||
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | 1 | — | - | 1 | |||
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | - | - | |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 19 | — | — | — | 8 | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | - | ||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | - | - | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | 1 | ||||||
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | -_ | - | - |
| Influenzal Pneumonia | 0.59 | - | — | 1 | — | 8 | 3 | - | — | ||||||
*Number admitted to isolation hospital only.