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DIPHTHERIA (cont.)
The age incidence was:-
0-4 years. 5-14 years. 15 year3 and over.
12 2 5
It is many years since so few cases have occurred
in Beckenham in children under the age of 15.
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
Consents were received in respect of 511 children
and 148 of these were under school age. 89 sessions
were held at the Town Hall or Schools.
Most of the children under five years of age were
given this treatment at the Welfare Centres, making
351 attendances for this purpose only on 42 occasions.
SCARLET FEVER.
The number of cases notified was 65. This was
considerably loss than the numbers notified in 1939
and 1938, when the figures were 201 and 174 respectively.
The fall in the notifications of Scarlet Fever
coincided with the outbreak of war. Fifty-five cases
occurred in original Beckenham and ton in West Wickham.
The age incidence was
0 - 4 years. 5-14 years. 15 years and over.
Beckenham. 4 38 13
West Wickham 8 2
The Seasonal incidence was:-
January to March 14 April to June 18
July to September 24 October to December 9
MEASLES.
The number of cases notified among the civilian
population was 169. Of these, 152 were in original
Beckenham and 17 in West Wickham.
For many years Measles has appeared in epidemic
form in Beckenham every other year, and the interval
bewteen epidemics has been approximately 104 weeks.
Although this interval is constant in many areas, there
have been certain modifications so far as Beckenham is
concerned: the peak month has been March in one epidemic
and May in the next one, and this variation has appeared
very consistently. According to past history, the peak
of this year's outbreak should have been in May, but