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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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TABLE XI.
| Disease | Cases Notified | Case Bate per 1,000 population | Deaths among notified cases | Percentage of deaths to cases | Distribution of Cases in Wards | 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 146 | 1.99 | — | — | 3 | 5 | 33 | 52 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 66 | 45% |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 16 | 0.22 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 7 | 44% |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 0.01 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 100% |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 41 | 0.56 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 39 | — | — | — | 1 | 41 | 100% |
| Erysipelas | 12 | 0.16 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| Poliomyelitis: — | |||||||||||||||
| Paralytic | 11 | 0.15 | 1 | 9.1% | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 100% |
| Non—Paralytic | 4 | 0.05 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 75% |
| Dysentery | 11 | 0.15 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 5 | — | 2 | — | — | 4 | 36% |
| Pood Poisoning | 2 | 0.03 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 0.01 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Primary Pneumonia | 41 | 056 | 2 | 4.9% | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5% |
| Influenzal Pneumonia | 49 | 0.67 | 2 | 4.1% | — | 3 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6% |
| Measles | 1260 | 17.20 | — | — | 97 | 171 | 207 | 187 | 131 | 71 | 124 | 113 | 159 | 7 | 0.5% |
| Whooping Cough | 414 | 5.65 | — | — | 16 | 33 | 92 | 60 | 41 | 26 | 35 | 60 | 51 | 1 | 0.2 % |