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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: TABLE XV.Infectious Diseases, Notifications, Deaths and Distribution, 1947.

TABLE XV.

Infectious Diseases, Notifications, Deaths and Distribution, 1947.

DiseaseCases NotifiedCase Rate per 1,000 populationDeaths among notified casesPercentage of deaths to casesWARDS Distribution of CasesNo. of cases removed to hospitalPercentage of cases removed to hospital
AbbeyBushey MeadCentralMordenParkRavensburyRaynes ParkSt. HelierWest Barnes
Smallpox_0.00-------------
Scarlet Fever1371.81--7825531015612110173%
Diphtheria50.06--—3———1---5100%
Enteric Fever—0.00-------------
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis10.01---------1-1100%
Puerperal Pyrexia60.07--—1——41-_-_-6100%
Erysipelas130.17--—1155—-_1-17.6%
Poliomyelitis200.26--—3534-_1311365%
Polio Encephalitis20.02-------2100%
DysenteryI0.01-------1-_-_---
Food Poisoning120.15--—128—-_-_1-_433 %
Ophthalmia Neonatorum20.022?100%
Pneumonia410.5412.4%13101142361--
Influenzal Pneumonia280.3727.1%-1698--4---
Measles3474.60—-24355555431537394451 4%
Whooping Cough2323.0810.4%619207416301345941.7%