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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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The monthly incidence of Infectious Disease, 1940. (Excluding Tuberculosis.)
| Disease. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. . | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 6 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 4 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Measles | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 5 | - | 1 | 3 | 75 |
| Whooping Cough | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ยกรถ | - | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 9 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 126 |