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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

Malden and Coombe 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden and Coombe]

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Table: Cases Treated at Tolworth Isolation Hospital.

Cases Treated at Tolworth Isolation Hospital.

Old Maiden.New Maiden.Coombe.Total.
Scarlet Fever...42143
Diphtheria117...18
Membraneous Croup............
Typhoid Fever............
Total159161

Table: The monthly distribution is as follows:—

The monthly distribution is as follows:—

MeaslesErysipelasDiphtheriaScarlet FeverTy-phoid FeverPuerperal FeverTuber-culosis (all forms)Ophthalmia NeonatorumTotal.
January......37......2...12
February......13............4
March401...1......4...46
April90233......3...101
May2124.........3...30
June4...22......3...11
July......33............6
August.........1............1
September2...12......1...6
October...1211.........115
November221116......1...41
December71251...1118
Totals186822541...182291

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Note.—Two cases notified as Scarlet Fever and sent to Isolation Hospital, were
returned as not Scarlet Fever, one being Measles and the other Nil.
One case notified as Diphtheria and sent to Isolation Hospital, was returned as
Nil.