Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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. | Short lands | W.W. (North) | W.W. (South) | |
Measles | 19 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 79 |
Scarlet Fever | 9 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 |
Whooping Cough | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
Dysentery | 23 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 4 | — |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — |
Pneumonia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 |
Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Poliomyelitis—Paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Non-Paralytic | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Food Poisoning | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Meningococcal Infection | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Totals | 67 | 9 | 28 | 40 | 27 | 27 | 35 | 114 |
*L. Pk. and 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.