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Merton and Morden 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton and Morden]

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Table: TABLE II.—Cases of Infectious Disease noted during the Year 1920.

TABLE II.—Cases of Infectious Disease noted during the Year 1920.

NOTIFIABLE DlSESAE.Cases notified in whole District.Total Cases Notified in each Locality.Total Cases removed to Hospital.
At all ages.At all ages years.12345
Abbey Ward.Park Ward.Bushey Mead Ward.West Barnes Ward.Morden Ward
Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 2.25 to 45.45 to 65.65 and onwards.
Small Pox..........................................
Cholera..........................................
Plague.......................................
Diptheria (including Membranous Croup47...73064......107187542
Erysipelas2.........11......11.........1
Scarlet fever651943102......1912207765
Typhus fever1.........1.........1............1
Enteric fever1.........1.........1...............
Relapsing fever..........................................
Continued fever..........................................
Puerperal fever1.........1.........1............1
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis11........................1......1
Poliomyelitis..........................................
Ophthalmia Neonatorum22........................2......1
Pulmonarv Tuberculosis18.........3114...819......14
Other forms of Tubereulosis1...1...............1............1
Influenza, pneumonfa2............2......2...............
Encephalitis Lethargica2...1...1...............2......1
Malaria4.........13............4.........
Dysentry..........................................
1474187325234...4421561412128