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Merton and Morden 1952

[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 eases was admitted to Wandle
Valley Hospital. The trend towards greater home isolation of
Scarlet Lever continued during 1952 and a comparative table
is produced on page 26 (Table IX) to bring out this feature
more clearly.

TABLE VIII.

Cases admitted to Isolation Hospitals during the year 1952.

Disease (Final Diagnosis)Wandle ValleyGroveOthers
CasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeaths
Scarlet Fever52–8–8–
Measles2–––––
Pneumonia1—————
Dermatitis——1——_
Nephritis————1—
Poliomyelitis——1—1_
M easles_—1–__
Whooping Cough1–––––
56—11—10—