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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE (2)
The following Table gives the number of cases notified during the year.
| Disease | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | dec. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 31 | 142 | 389 | 364 | 95 | 141 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | I | 1203 |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 36 |
| Whooping Cough | 8 | — | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 23 |
| Meningococcal Infection | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | —- | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Pneumonia .. | 5 | 9 | 1 | — | I | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 18 |
| Erysipelas | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 |
| Para Typhoid B | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Encephalitis | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Totals | 48 | 157 | 403 | 374 | 100 | 145 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1296 |