London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE (1)
| Disease | 0-4 years | 5—15 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 | 35 | 43 | 31 | 39 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 67 | 83 | 150 |
| Scarlet Fever | 14 | 8 | 28 | 16 | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | 42 | 26 | 68 |
| Whooping Cough | 8 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | 15 | 24 | 39 |
| Dysentery | 7 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 10 | — | — | 5 | — | 34 | 27 | 61 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | 8 | — | 9 | 9 |
| Pneumonia | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 9 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Poliomyelitis—Paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Non-Paralytic | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | I | 1 | ||
| Meningococcal Infection | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |