Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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WANDLE VALLEY JOINT HOSPITAL BOARD.
Cases admitted to the Hospital during 1938.
Disease. | Beddington and Wallington. | Coulsdon and Purley. | Merton and Morden. | Mitcham. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
cases | deaths | cases | deaths | cases | deaths | cases | deaths | |
Diphtheria | 15 | — | 10 | — | 33 | 2 | 76 | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | 38 | — | 59 | — | 143 | — | 128 | — |
Typhoid | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Erysipelas | 4 | — | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Tonsillitis | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 4 | — |
Measles | — | — | 4 | — | 5 | — | 8 | — |
Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — |
Rubella | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 3 | — |
Enteritis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Pneumonia | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Cancer of Bowel | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Chill | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Chicken Pox | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
T.B. Meningitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Septicaemia | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Rheumatism | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Puerperal Sepsis | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Malta Fever | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Anterior Poliomyelitis | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — |
Mumps | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Impetigo | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Admitted with Mother | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Streptococcal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Influenza | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
Totals | 71 | 3 | 82 | — | 196 | 3 | 233 | 3 |