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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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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 | 158 | 117 | 66 | 126 | 82 | 118 | 105 | 163 |
| Scarlet Fever | 16 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 14 |
| Whooping Cough | 19 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 |
| Dysentery | 17 | — | 7 | 1 | — | 8 | — | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Para-Typhoid B' | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - |
| Totals | 214 | 130 | 88 | 167 | 113 | 142 | 129 | 195 |
*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.