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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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table iii.
| Notifiable Disease. \ | At all ages. | Cases notified in Whole District. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality. | Total from Whole District. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years | Copers Cope Ward. | Eden Park Ward. | Langley Park Ward. | Shortlands Ward | Manor House Ward. | Kent House Ward | Laurie Park Ward. | Copers Cope Ward. | Eden Park Ward. | Langley Park Ward. | Shortlands Ward. | Manor House Ward. | Kent House Ward. | Laurie Park Ward. | ||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25- | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .. | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 93 | 1 | 18 | 59 | 8 | 7 | ... | 4 | 14 | 5 | ... | 45 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 2 | ... | 41 | 8 | 17 | 82 |
| Erysipelas | i 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ... | i | 3 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ••• | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 132 | ... | 35 | 78 | 7 | 12 | ... | 10 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 49 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 16 | 23 | 107 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 7 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | I | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 245 | 1 | 5 4 | i3« | 18 | 30 | 4 | 15 | 40 | 11 | 6 | 99 | 27 | 47 | 9 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 81 | 24 | 41 | 193 |
Note.—The Isolation Hospital used by the Sick of this District is the Infectious Diseases (Joint) Hospital, Skym Corner, Bromley Common, in the Bromley Rural District.