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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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38
INFECTIOUS DISEASE (1)
Disease
0—4
years
5—14
years
15 years
and over
Age
Unknown
Admitted to
Hospital
Total
Total
M.
F-
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
Measles
218
221
250
233
6
6
1
1
2
474
461
935
Scarlet Fever
10
9
24
23
4
—
—
—
5
2
38
32
70
Whooping Cough
13
13
13
19
—
—
—
—
1
3
26
32
58
Dysentery (Bacillary)
3
5
10
4
4
7
—
—
—
—
17
16
33
Meningococcal Infection
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
1
—
1
—
1
Puerperal Pyrexia
—
—
—
—
—
7
—
—
—
7
—
7
7
Pneumonia
3
3
6
4
20
23
—
1
3
2
29
31
60
Erysipelas
—
—
—
—
2
2
—
—
—
—
2
2
4
Food Poisoning
—
1
—
3
1
—
—
—
1
1
1
4
5
Para Typhoid ' B '
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
2
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
2
2
2
4