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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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Table: The following table shows the history of infections from the date of the inception of the Urban District until Borough status was attained in the year under review:—Cases of Infectious Disease notified in each year, 1915-1937.

The following table shows the history of infections from the date of the inception of the Urban District until Borough status was attained in the year under review:—

Cases of Infectious Disease notified in each year, 1915-1937.

Disease.1915 (nine mths.)1916191719181919192019211922192319241925192619271928192919301931193219331934193519361937
Small Pox-------------1----_----
Scarlet Fever391683462677459281533343358596860515978945365
Diphtheria14249234347341940151216702117121614173322134
Enteric Fever11-1351-61-—4391111--122
Erysipelas69434584427339111512666763
Poliomyelitis1---2---------------1-1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1--1-2-———11—2—2—1—1—11
Puerperal Fever-1--1-2-2————22—11—1111
Puerperal Pyrexia-----------1143232131—2
Measles—8724115839---------------—-
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis———1——1——1———1——1——————
Pneumonia————1638459251419201316364215421
Malaria————64————————1——-—————
Chicken Pox————3———63-------------
Dysentery------1---------------1
Encephalitis Lethargica------1—31-------------
TuberculosisPulmonary1716222718161512181818132114211831281717231820
Other Forms6844——316—5386951353764
Totals8516228825219714914899118657876154176144136142143147157161102105