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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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The Monthly Incidence of infectious Disease, 1942. (Excluding Tuberculosis.)
| Disease. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 73 |
| Diphtheria | - | 1 | _ | 3 | - | — | 1 | - | 1 | — | — | - | 6 |
| Erysipelas | — | - | - | - | 1 | — | — | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | — | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | — | —a. | - | - | — | 3 | 6 |
| Measles | — | - | 2 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | — | 9 | - | 65 |
| Whooping Cough | 16 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | 3 | - | 50 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | - | — | - | - | 5 |
| Dysentery | 5 | - | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | - | — | - | - | 6 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | 1 |
| Totals | 22 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 31 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 20 | 216 |