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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE (1)
| DISEASE | 0—4 years | 5—14 years | 15 years and over | Age Unknown | Admitted to Hospital | TOTAL | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | R | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| Dysentery (Bacillary) | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Pneumonia | — | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 9 | — | — | 4 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 35 |
| Measles | 22 | 17 | 56 | 46 | 2 | 2 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 80 | 66 | 146 |
| Poliomyelitis : | |||||||||||||
| Paralytic | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 4 | 4 |
| Non-Paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | 4 | 30 | 23 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 3 | 37 | 27 | 64 |
| Whooping Cough | 32 | 24 | 21 | 27 | 1 | 3 | — | — | _ | — | 54 | 54 | 108 |
| Para Typhoid ' B ' | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |