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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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TABLE XV.
| 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 | Bushy Mead | Central | Morden | Park | Ravensbury | Raynes Park | St. Helier | West Barnes | |||||||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 127 | 1.72 | - | - | 3 | 14 | 20 | 48 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 103 | 81% |
| Diphtheria | 9 | 0.12 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 100% |
| Enteric Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 2 | 0.02 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 100% | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 10 | 0.13 | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 80% | ||
| Erysipelas | 10 | 0.13 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | 40%' | ||
| Pneumonia | 42 | 0.57 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 7 | - | *- | ||
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | 0.02 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 100% | ||
| Relapsing F ever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentry | 6 | 0.08 | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum . | 6 | 0.08 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 33% | ||
| Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| -Malaria | 0.01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Influenzal Pneumonia . | 28 | 0.38 | 1 | 3% | 3 | - | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Measles | 535 | 7.27 | - | - | 30 | 27 | 97 | 115 | 81 | 31 | 30 | 100 | 24 | 3 | 0.5% |
| Whooping Cough | 238 | 3.23 | - | - | 23 | 8 | 49 | 39 | 17 | 28 | 22 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 0.8% |
*Number admitted to isolation hospital only.
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