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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
Beddington and Wallington 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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| Disease. | At all ages. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total cases notified in | Cases removed to Hospital. | Deaths | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years. | each Ward. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Under 1 Year. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 3. | 3 and under 4. | 4 and under 5. | 5 and under 10. | 10 and under 15. | 15 and under 20. | 20 and under 35. | 35 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and over. | Beddington. Wallington. | ||||||||
| North. | Central. | South. North. | Central. | South. | ||||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 65 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 4 | - | - | 25 | 8 | 9 16 | 6 | 1 | 59 | - |
| Diphtheria | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | - |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Erysipelas | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Ophthalmia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Pneumonia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | *11 |
| Acute | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Totals | 81 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 14 17 | 10 | 2 | 70 | 11 |
| *Includes all forms. | ||||||||||||||||||||
The succeeding table shows the age incidence of the diseases and
the distribution throughout the Wards of the Borough of the various
infections:—