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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 (3)
| Disease | Wards1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. Pk. and K.H. | C.C. | C.H. | M.H. | E.P. | Shortlands | W.W. (North) | W.W. (South) | |
| Measles | 241 | 146 | 206 | 149 | 137 | 109 | 126 | 89 |
| Scarlet Fever | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | — | 5 | 10 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 4 | 1 | — | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Erysipelas | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Para Typhoid B | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 255 | 152 | 214 | 171 | 154 | 112 | 138 | 100 |
*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.