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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE (3)
| DISEASE | WARDS* | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. Pk. and K.H. | C.C. | C.H. | M.H. | E.P. | Shortlands | W.W. (North) | W.W. (South) | |
| Measles | 5 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 29 | 8 | 118 | 91 |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 5 |
| Whooping Cough | 52 | 34 | 61 | 51 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 6 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – |
| Meningococcal Infection | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | – | – | – | 44 | – | – | – |
| Pneumonia | 1 | – | 1 | 9 | 2 | – | 1 | 7 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – |
| Poliomyelitis: | ||||||||
| Paralytic | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | _– | –_ |
| Non-paralytic | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 2 | 3 |
| Malaria | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 69 | 44 | 79 | 95 | 93 | 32 | 163 | 114 |
*L. Pk. and K.H.—Lawrie Park and Kent House. M.H.—Manor House. C.C.—Copers Cope.
C.H.—Clock House. E.P.—Eden Park. W.W. (North)—West Wickham North. W.W. (South)—West Wickham South.