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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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TABLE X.
| Month | Wards | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey | Bushey Mead | 1 Central | Morden | Park | Ravensbury | Raynes Park _ i | St. Helier | West Barnes | ||
| January | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 11 |
| February | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| March | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | 18 |
| April | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 4 |
| May | _ | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 5 |
| June | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6 |
| July | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 8 |
| August | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 |
| September | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| October | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 10 |
| November | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 |
| December | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Total | 11 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 76 |
| Monthly mean | 0.92 | 0.50 | 0.83 | 2.00 | 0.08 | 0.66 | 0.17 | 0.83 | 0.33 | 6.33 |
The incidence in the various wards was as follows:—
| Wards | Cases | Incidence per 1,000 population |
| Abbey ......... | 11 | 2.3 |
| Bushey Mead | 6 | 0.8 |
| Central | 10 | 1.0 |
| Morden | 24 | 2.1 |
| Park | 1 | 0.1 |
| Ravensbury | 8 | 1.3 |
| Raynes Park ... | 2 | 0.3 |
| St. Helier | 10 | 1.0 |
| West Barnes ... | 4 | 0.6 |