Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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TABLE XV.
Infectious Diseases, Notifications, Deaths and Distribution, 1947.
Disease | Cases Notified | Case Rate per 1,000 population | Deaths among notified cases | Percentage of deaths to cases | WARDS Distribution of Cases | 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 | _ | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Scarlet Fever | 137 | 1.81 | - | - | 7 | 8 | 25 | 53 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 101 | 73% |
Diphtheria | 5 | 0.06 | - | - | — | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | 100% |
Enteric Fever | — | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 0.01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 100% |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | 0.07 | - | - | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | 1 | -_ | -_ | - | 6 | 100% |
Erysipelas | 13 | 0.17 | - | - | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | — | -_ | 1 | - | 1 | 7.6% |
Poliomyelitis | 20 | 0.26 | - | - | — | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | -_ | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 65% |
Polio Encephalitis | 2 | 0.02 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 100% | ||||
Dysentery | I | 0.01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | -_ | -_ | - | - | - |
Food Poisoning | 12 | 0.15 | - | - | — | 1 | 2 | 8 | — | -_ | -_ | 1 | -_ | 4 | 33 % |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 0.02 | 2 | ? | 100% | ||||||||||
Pneumonia | 41 | 0.54 | 1 | 2.4% | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | - | - |
Influenzal Pneumonia | 28 | 0.37 | 2 | 7.1% | - | 1 | 6 | 9 | 8 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - |
Measles | 347 | 4.60 | — | - | 24 | 35 | 55 | 55 | 43 | 15 | 37 | 39 | 44 | 5 | 1 4% |
Whooping Cough | 232 | 3.08 | 1 | 0.4% | 6 | 19 | 20 | 74 | 16 | 30 | 13 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 1.7% |