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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton and Morden]
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TABLE II.—Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1918.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages. | At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||
| Abbey Ward. | Park Ward. | Bushey Mead. | West Barnes. | j Morden. | Abbey Ward. | Park Ward. | Bushey Mead. | West Barnes. | Morden. | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 15 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 24 | ... | 7 | 13 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15 |
| Erysipelas | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 5 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Scarlet fever | 25 | ... | 4 | 18 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 |
| Typhus fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Relapsing fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 25 | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | 16 | 2 | ... | 4 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other forms of Tuber- | 10 | ... | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 7 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 406 | 19 | 160 | 214 | 11 | 2 | ... | ... | 116 | 60 | 214 | 5 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 502 | 19 | 172 | 250 | 26 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 137 | 73 | 263 | 13 | 16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 36 |
The Isolation Hospital is situated at Beddington Corner (joint Hospital with Croydon Rural).
The joint Small-pox Hospital is situated at North Cheam (joint with Wimbledon, Croydon Borough, Croydon Rural,
and Penge Urban Districts).
Number of Diseases that can be concurrently treated—Small-pox, Enteric, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and Erysipelas.
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