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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton]
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TABLE III.—Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1908.
| 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 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | West Barnes. | Bushey Mead | Merton Park. | Morden Road | West Barnes. | Bushey Mead. | Merton Park. | Morden Road. | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | ||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup). | 33 | ... | 10 | 16 | 3 | 4 | ... | 1 | 17 | 9 | 6 | ... | 16 | 8 | 4 | 28 |
| Erysipelas | 12 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 10 | ... | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet fever | 18 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 4 | 5 | 9 | ... | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 |
| Typhus fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | i | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric fever | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 |
| Relapsing fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 60 | 6 | 27 | 27 | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 17 | 5 | 24 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 128 | 7 | 38 | 58 | 6 | 19 | ... | 17 | 45 | 22 | 44 | ... | 18 | 13 | 15 | 46 |
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 and Diphtheria.