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Merton and Morden 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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General and Maternity.
1. The Nelson Hospital. The accommodation of this
hospital, which serves the Wimbledon, Merton and Morden
areas, is 121 beds, 47 of which are maternity. Eight hundred
and forty-four births took place in this hospital during the
year, of which 268 were Merton and Morden babies. During
recent years about 30% of our babies have been born in the
Nelson Hospital.
2. Other hospitals. Amoung other hospitals available
for use of our residents are St. Helier Hospital, Carshalton,
and the Epsom and Kingston Hospitals. St. Helier is very
widely used, with special emphasis on the Maternity Department,
which accounted for 356 (40%) of our births this year.
TABLE VIII.
Gases admitted to Isolation Hospitals during the year 1953 .
| Disease (Final Diagnosis) | Wandle Valley | Grove | Others | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | |
| Scarlet Fever | 56 | - | 3 | - | 7 | - |
| Rubella | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Erysipelas | 2 | - | 1 | — | - | — |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | - | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis. | 4 | - | 3 | - | 7 | 1 |
| Enteritis contact | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonne Dysentery | 2 | - | — | — | 2 | — |
| Paratyphoid "B" | 4 | - | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Bronchitis and Asthma | 1 | - | — | — | — | — |
| Allergic Urticaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Croup and Enteritis | 1 | - | — | — | - | - |
| Catarrhal Jaundice | 1 | - | — | — | - | - |
| Dietetic Disturbance | 1 | - | — | _ | _ | _ |
| Chicken Pox | — | - | 2 | — | _ | _ |
| Febrile Catarrh | — | - | 2 | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal | — | - | — | — | 1 | — |
| Infection | ||||||
| Tonsillitis | — | — | — | 2 | — | |
| Total | 83 | — | 12 | — | 22 | 1 |