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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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| Disease. | Bedding-ton and Walling-ton. | Coulsdon and Purley. | Merton and Morden. | Mitcham. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cases | deaths | cases | deaths | cases | deaths | cases | deaths | |
| Diphtheria | 9 | 2 | 10 | - | 34 | 2 | 27 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 25 | — | 43 | - | 89 | — | 57 | – |
| Typhoid | 1 | 1 | – | |||||
| Erysipelas | 2 | — | 2 | – | 4 | — | 6 | – |
| Tonsillitis | 3 | — | 1 | – | 2 | — | 5 | 1 |
| Influenza | — | — | 2 | – | 1 | — | — | – |
| Bronchitis | — | — | — | – | 1 | — | — | – |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | — | 2 | – | 7 | — | 28 | 3 |
| Rubella | — | — | 5 | – | — | — | 3 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | — | 1 | – | — | — | 4 | — |
| Admitted with Mother | 2 | — | 1 | – | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Meningitis | 1 | — | — | – | 1 | — | — | — |
| T.B. Meningitis | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Enteritis | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | — |
| Chill | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | — | — | — | – | 1 | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | — | — | – | 1 | — | — | — |
| Osteomyelitis | — | — | — | – | 1 | — | — | — |
| Dermatitis | 2 | — | — | – | — | — | 2 | — |
| Urticaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | — |
| No apparent Disease | — | — | — | – | 1 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 54 | 3 | 68 | 1 | 144 | 2 | 137 | 6 |