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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE
The following table gives the number of cases notified during the year, the number removed to Hospital and the number of deaths. Cases of Tuberculosis are shown in a separate table.
| Disease | Beckenham | West Wickham | Total | 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | Over 65 | Age Unknown | Admitted to Hospital | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 165 | 88 | 253 | 5 | 87 | 141 | 12 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 63 | 24 | 87 | 10 | 41 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Chicken Pox | 27 | 5 | 32 | - | 7 | 18 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mumps | 22 | 1 | 23 | - | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| German Measles | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 21 | 33 | 54 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 32 | - |
| Poliomyelitis | 26 | 7 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 24 | 2 |
| Paratyphoid B. | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Cerebro Spinal Meningitis | 4 | - | 4 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 |
| Dysentery | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 30 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 1 | - | - |
| P. Pyrexia | All Hospital Confinements | 21 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 9 | - | - | 2 | - | - | |