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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE (1)
| DISEASE | 0—4 years | 5—14 years | 15 years and over | Age Unknown | TOTAL | ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Cerebral-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dysentery (Bacillary) | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | - |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 3 | - | - |
| Measles | 232 | 212 | 282 | 235 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 520 | 456 | 1 | - |
| Pneumonia | 3 | - | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | - | 1 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis: | ||||||||||||
| Paralytic | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Non-Paralytic | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | - | 3 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | 37 | - | - | - | 37 | - | 37 |
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | 5 | 27 | 27 | - | 2 | - | - | 34 | 34 | 10 | 9 |
| Typhoid | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 35 | 42 | 14 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 49 | 57 | - | 1 |