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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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INFECTIOUS DISEASE (2)
The following Table gives the number of cases notified during the year.
| DISEASE | J.AN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUNE | JULY | AUG | SEPT | OCT | NOV | DEC | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles, | 6 | 2 | - | - | 10 | 38 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 101 | |||
| Scarlet Fever. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 41 | |||||
| Whooping Cough. | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 43 | ||
| Dysentery | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 7 | |
| Meningococcal Infection. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | |
| Erysipelas | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Eood Poisoning | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 7 |
| phthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Malaria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| TOTALS | 25 | 19 | 17 | 47 | 23 | 14 |
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