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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 (3)
| Disease | Wards* | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. Pk. and K.H. | C.C. | C.H. | M.H. | E.P. | Shortlands | W.W. (North) | W.W. (South) | |
| Measles | 30 | 3 | 55 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| Scarlet Fever | 16 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| Whooping Cough | 31 | 5 | 3l | 11 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 5 | — | 5 | 4 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis : | ||||||||
| Paralytic | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — |
| Non-paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Para-Typhoid 'B' | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 81 | 19 | 93 | 68 | 33 | 17 | 31 | 32 |
*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.