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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
Beddington and Wallington 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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Houses of the Working Classes.
New Streets.
Nuisances.
Offensive or Noxious Matter.
Parking Place off Woodcote Road.
Pleasure Grounds.
Public Sanitary Conveniences.
Slaughterhouses.
Smoke Abatement.
Tents, Vans, Sheds, etc.
Underground Rooms.
PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES.
The following table shows the incidence of infectious disease in the Borough in 1947, the number of cases removed to hospital and the number of deaths attributed to these diseases, excluding Tuberculosis :
| Disease. | Number Notified. | Removed to Hospital. | †Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 63 | 51 | - |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 2 | - |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 6 | — | 141 |
| Measles | 92 | 1 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 112 | 3 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | — | - |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 . | 1 | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 8 | 8 | — |
| Dysentery | 5 | 1 | — |
| Polioencephalitis | 1 | 1 | —- |
| Totals | 300 | 74 | 17 |
* Includes deaths from all forms of pneumonia.
| Includes deaths of residents in homes and institutions
outside the Borough,
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