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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 (3)
| DISEASE | WARDS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. Pk. and K.H. | C.C. | C.H. | M.H. | E.P. | Shortlands | W.W. (North) | W.W. (South) | |
| Cerebral-Spinal Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| Dysentery (Bacillary) | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | — | 4 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Measles | 140 | 117 | 158 | 195 | 109 | 119 | 43 | 95 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | — | 5 | 16 | 4 | 3 | I | 2 |
| Poliomyelitis: | ||||||||
| Paralytic | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | — |
| Non-paralytic | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 9 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 11 |
| Typhoid | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 10 | 20 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 13 |
| Totals | 165 | 150 | 197 | 245 | 173 | 137 | 66 | 124 |
*L. Pk. amd K.H.—Lawrie Park and Kent House. M.H.—Manor House. C.C.—Copers Cope.
C.H.—Clock House. E.P.—Eden Park. W.W. (North)—West Wickham North. W.W. (South)—West Wickham South.