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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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TABLE XIV.
Scarlet Fever — Monthly Distribution.
| Wards | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey | Bushey Mead | Central | Morden | Park | Ravensbury | Raynes Park | St. Helier | West Barnes | ||
| January | _ | _ | 4 | 4 | 6 | - | 3 | - | 17 | |
| February | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 23 | |
| March | 3 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 31 | |
| April | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | — | -_ | 4 | -_ | 12 |
| May | — | 1 | — | 8 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | -_ | 14 |
| June | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| July | — | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | - | 7 | |
| August | — | - | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | - | - | 3 |
| September | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | - | 4 |
| October | — | - | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | - | 3 |
| November | — | - | — | 4 | 3 | — | — | -_ | - | 7 |
| December | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | - | 4 |
| Total | 7 | 8 | 25 | 53 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 137 |
| Monthly mean | 0.58 | 0.66 | 2.08 | 4.41 | 0.83 | 1.25 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.08 | 11.41 |
The incidence in the various wards was as follows:—
| Wards | Cases | Incidence per 1.000 population |
|---|---|---|
| Abbey | 7 | 1.0 |
| Bushey Mead | 8 | 0.9 |
| Central | 25 | 2.1 |
| Morden | 53 | 4.3 |
| Park | 10 | 0.9 |
| Ravensbury | 15 | 2.1 |
| Raynes Park | 6 | 0.7 |
| St. Helier | 12 | 1.0 |
| West Barnes | 1 | 0.1 |