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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 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]

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Table: TABLE XI.Infectious Diseases, Notifications, Deaths and Distribution,1952.

TABLE XI.

Infectious Diseases, Notifications, Deaths and Distribution,1952.

DiseaseCases NotifiedCase Bate per 1,000 populationDeaths among notified casesPercentage of deaths to casesDistribution of Cases in WardsNo. of cases removed to hospitalPercentage of cases removed to hospital
AbbeyBushey MeadCentralMordenParkRavensburyRaynes ParkSt. HelierWest Barnes
Smallpox-------------—-
Scarlet Fever1642.23--102432281414132276841%
Diphtheria——--———————————
Paratyphoid Fever---------------
Meningococcal Infection10.01----1--------
Pueroeral Pyrexia140.19------121——114100%
Erysipelas130.18--——433—12——-
Poliomyelitis:—---------------
Paralytic70.0®228.6%——12——211686%
Non-Paralytic20.03——1—————-—12100%
Dysentery110.15———125———12——
Food Poisoning31 0.04———11————1—--
Ophthalmia Neonatorum---------------
Primary Pneumonia500.6824%—788714114--
Influenzal---------------
Pneumonia160.2216.3'%—4124—2-3--
Measles4916.66—-162965108762745982720.4%
Whooping Cough2783.77——4293246241347275610.4°'
Acute Encephalitis (Post infectious)10.01---1---—-——1100%