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Malden and Coombe 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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CASKS NOTIFIED UNDER THE INFECTIOUS DISEASES ACT.
| Old Maiden. | New Maiden. | Coombe. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 15 | 5 | 21 |
| Diphtheria | — | 9 | — | 9 |
| Measles | — | 468 | — | 468 |
| Phthisis | — | 7 | — | 7 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 7 | — | 9 |
| Typhoid Fever | — | 3 | — | 3 |
| 3 | 509 | 5 | 517 |
Cases Treated at Tolworth Hospital.
| Coombe | Old Maiden. | New Maiden. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| Diphtheria | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Typhoid Fever | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Not classed | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 20 |
Two cases were sent in and returned as not classed.
One, as the diagnosis was doubtful, was sent in for observation.
The other was an error in diagnosis.
Scarlet Fever.
Twenty-one cases were notified, one in Old Maiden, contracted
in London, five in Coombe, and fifteen in New Maiden; at no
period of the year did it become epidemic. At Coombe, three of
the five cases occurred in adults; one case attended the elementary
schools; of the fifteen in New Maiden, there was one in January
and February and two in March; the district was then free till
August 8th, when a child of two years old was notified, and on August
30th a child attending Burlington Road Schools, and living a long
way from the former case, was notified. On October 4th, another
child attending the schools was notified, but had contracted the
disease outside the district; on the 11th, a child attending a private
school was notified, and on the 12th a child at the Burlington Road
Schools was discovered peeling. He was promptly sent to the
isolation hospital, but five days after his return had a decided
scarlet fever rash, was again sent to hospital and again peeled.