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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Merton and Morden 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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at Milford constitutes the main institutional provision, and
34 persons were admitted from Merton and Morden during the
year 1940, whilst 58 other patients received treatment in other
Institutions under the Scheme. In 1941, 21 persons were
admitted from Merton and Morden, whilst 54 other patients
received treatment in other Institutions.
| MERTON AND MORDEN | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASES | DEATHS | |||||
| 1910 | 1941 | 1942 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | |
| Diphtheria | 18 | 24 | 12 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 81 | 70 | 174 | — | — | 1 |
| Typhoid | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Tonsilitis | 1 | — | 9 | — | — | - |
| Measles | 17 | 11 | 14 | — | — | — |
| Influenza | 4 | _ | 4 | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 20 | 6 | — | *1 | — |
| Rubella | 2 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Septicaemia | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Meningitis | 7 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| T.B. Meningitis | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Chicken Pox | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Boils in Ear | — | - | — | — | — | — |
| Ulcerated Mouth | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dermatitis (inc. Scabies) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | 2 | 5 | — | — | 1 |
| Cellulitis of Limb | 1 | — | — | **1 | — | — |
| Admitted with mother | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Abscesses and Septic Sores | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | 2 | 2 | — | - | — |
| Enteritis | — | — | 2 | — | - | — |
| Heat Rash | — | — | — | — | - | — |
| * Death Whooping Cough with Convulsions. ** Cellulitis of Arm and Cerebral Embolus. | ||||||