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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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SECTION F.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE (l)
| 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 | 27 | 24 | 25 | 24 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 52 | 49 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 15 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 26 | 15 | 41 | ||
| Whooping Cough. | 3 | 14 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 17 | 26 | 43 | |||
| Dysentery. | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Meningococcal Infection. | l | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pneumonia. | — | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 6 | ||
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Opthalmia Neonatorum | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | l |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
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