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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE
The following table gives the number of cases which were
notified during the year, and the age grouping.
Diphtheria has not been prevalent for several years ; the
incidence of Scarlet Fever increased slightly. Measles was prevalent
in the first six months of the year.
| Disease | Beck. | WW. | Service | Total | 0/1 | 1/2 | 2/3 | 3/4 | 4/5 | 5/ 10 | 10/ 15 | 15/ 20 | 20/ 35 | 35/ 45 | 45/ 65 | Over 65 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||
| – | – | _ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| — | — | _ | _ | – | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| – | – | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | – | _ | _ | _ | ||||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| -— | – | – | _ | – | _ | – | – | – | – | — | — | — | |||||
| – | _ | _ | |||||||||||||||
| – | – | – | – | – | _ | _ | |||||||||||
| – | – | — | |||||||||||||||
| — | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||||
| 22 |
| 0—5 | 5—14 | 15 and over | |
|---|---|---|---|
The only matter requiring comment is a limited outbreak of
six cases in the Churchfields School during October and November.
Of the six cases, five had previously been immunised; the period
between the completion of the protective inoculations and the
attack of the disease varied from 22 months to 8 years. All cases
were of moderate severity; the infecting bacillus in all cases was
of the "gravis" type (the most virulent of the known types of
Diphtheria bacilli).
I feel sure that if the general level of protection in Churchfields
School had not been so high, there would have been an extensive
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