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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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| Disease. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 23 |
| Diphtheria | — | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | |
| Erysipelas | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 8 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 |
| Pneumonia | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 4 |
| Measles | 2 | 10 | 24 | 40 | 87 | 7 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 189 | |
| Whooping Cough | — | — | 3 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 76 | ||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | — | - | - | — | — | — | — | —- | — | — | — | 1 |
| 8 | 19 | 33 | 54 | 99 | 30 | 31 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 329 |