London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Beckenham 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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The following Table gives the number of cases notified during the year, and the number
removed to Hospital.
| disease | beckenham | west wickham | total | beckenham | w est wickham | admitted to hospital | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0—4 years | 5—14 years | 15 years and over | 0-4 years | 5—14 years | 15 years and over | |||||
| Measles | 859 | 249 | 1,108 | 428 | 405 | 26 | 100 | 144 | 5 | 10 |
| Whooping Cough | 201 | 44 | 245 | 118 | 76 | 7 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 2 |
| Chickenpox | 121 | 37 | 158 | 14 | 105 | 2 | - | 35 | 2 | - |
| Mumps | 32 | 28 | 60 | 5 | 23 | 4 | - | 26 | 2 | - |
| Rubella | 46 | - | 46 | 7 | 37 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Food poisoning | 19 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 12 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Dysentery (Bacillary) | 32 | 13 | 45 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Scarlet Fever | 43 | 41 | 84 | 9 | 26 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 2 | 30 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 11 | - | 11 | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | 11 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | - | 4 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 |
| Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| Pneumonia | 44 | 4 | 48 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |