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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
Full details of the Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage, and
Scavenging arrangements have been given in previous reports.
The few premises in the added areas not provided with main
I drainage are connected as the development of the area proceeds.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
The following table gives the number of cases which were notified during the year, the number removed to Hospital for treatment, and the number of deaths.
| Diseases | Notified | Removed to Hospital | Total Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bk. | W.W. | Total | Total | ||
| Diphtheria | 8 | 3 | 11 | 11 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 56 | 59 | 115 | 86 | 2 |
| Enteric Fever | - | 5 | 5 | 2 | - |
| Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia | 9 | 8 | 17 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 44 | 7 | 51 | — | 38 |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | - | - | 60 | - | 43 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 3 | 7 | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | 10 | 12 | - | — |
| Polio-Encephalitis | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 13 | 5 | 18 | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | - | 3 | - | |
DIPHTHERIA.
The incidence of Diphtheria was again very low in 1937. Only
11 cases were notified. Eight cases occurred in Original Beckenham
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