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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 1940

[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 former Urban District until 1940:—Cases of Infectious Disease notified in each year, 1915-1940.

The following table shows the history of infections from the date of the inception of the former Urban District until 1940:—

Cases of Infectious Disease notified in each year, 1915-1940.

Disease.1915 (nine mths.)1916191719181919192019211922192319241925192619271928192919301931193219331934193519361937193819391940
Small Pox-------------1------------
Scarlet Fever391683462677459281533343358596860515978945365472921
Diphtheria1424923434734194015121670211712161417332213417106
Enteric Fever11-1351-61--4391111--122-11
Erysipelas69434584427339111512666763874
Poliomyelitis1---2---------------1-162-
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1--1-2----11-2-2-1-1-11-1-
Puerperal Fever-1--1-2-2----22-11-1111---
Puerperal Pyrexia-----------1143232131-2-22
Measles-8724115839-------------------275
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis---1--1--1---1--1------215
Pneumonia----16384592514192013163642154219127
Malaria----64--------1-----------
Chicken Pox----3---63----------------
Dysentery----------------------11--
Encephalitis Lethargica------1-31----------------
Whooping Cough-------------------------5
Food Poisoning-----------------------1--
Tuberculosis(Pulmonary1716222718161512181818132114211831281717231820182620
Other Forms6844--316-5386951353764851
Totals851622882521971491489911865787615417614413614214314715716110210511798147