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Merton and Morden 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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by far the larger proportion of cases for admission to hospital and
by far the greater number of our cases was admitted to Wandle
Valley Hospital. There is a trend towards greater home
isolation of Scarlet Fever and with the advance and simplification
recently achieved in the treatment of this disease and the
reduction in complications necessitating surgical measures there
seems to be no great need to discourage this development.
A comparative table is produced on page 31 (Table IX)
to bring out the above features more clearly.
TABLE VIII.
Cases admitted to Isolation Hospitals during the year 1951.
| Disease (Final Diagnosis) | Wandle Valley | Grove | Others | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | |
| Scarlet Fever | 62 | - | 8 | - | 10 | - |
| Measles | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rubella | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tonsillitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Glandular Fever | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| 72 | - | 11 | - | 13 | 1 | |