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Beddington and Wallington 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]

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Table: PREVALENCE AMD CONTROL OVERINFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.The following table shows the incidence of infectious disease in the Borough in 1943, the number of cases removed to hospital and the number of deaths attributed to these diseases, excluding Tuberculosis:

PREVALENCE AMD CONTROL OVER

INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.

The following table shows the incidence of infectious disease in the Borough in 1943, the number of cases removed to hospital and the number of deaths attributed to these diseases, excluding Tuberculosis:

Disease.Number Notified.Removed to Hospital.†Deaths.
Scarlet Fever12593—
Diphtheria99—
Erysipelas143—
Cerebro-Spinal Fever22—
Pneumonia2549*
Para-Typhoid Fever22—
Measles3743—
Whooping Cough182—
Puerperal Pyrexia11—
Totals5701199

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* Includes deaths from all forms of pneumonia.
†Inciudes deaths of residents in homes and institutions
outside the Borough.
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