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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 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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Table: INFECTIOUS DISEASES.CASES REMOVED TO FEVER HOSPITAL DURING THE YEAR.

INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

CASES REMOVED TO FEVER HOSPITAL DURING THE YEAR.

Diseases.Remaining in Hospital 31st December, 1919.Admitted to Hospital during 1920.Discharged cured.Remaining in Hospital 31st December, 1920.No. of Deaths.Mortality per cent. of Admissions.Average number of days in Hospital.
Scarlet Fever13928324......51
Diphtheria545362......37
Typhoid...65...116.666
Totals1814312426116.651

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BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
Nine hundred and nine bacteriological examinations were made
in the laboratory during the year, as compared with 392 and 910 in
the two previous years.

Table: The following Table gives the results of these examinations and the diseases suspected:—

The following Table gives the results of these examinations and the diseases suspected:—

Diseases suspected.Total Number of Examinations.Result.
Positive.Negative.
Diphtheria660106554
Tuberculosis17232140
Typhoid Fever413
Other Diseases731855
Totals909157752