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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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Cases of Infectious Disease Notified During the Year 1943. (Excluding Tuberculosis).
| Disease. | At all ages. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total cases notified in each Ward. | Cases removed to Hospital. | Deaths (including deaths of residents outside the Borough) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Under 1 Year. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 3. | 3 and under 4. | 4 and under 5. | 5 and under 10. | 10 and under 15. | 15 and under 20. | 20 and under 35. | 35 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and over. | Beddington. Wallington. | |||||||||
| North. | Central. | South. | North. | Central. | South. | ||||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 125 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 82 | 15 | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | 46 | 23 | 9 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 93 | — |
| Diphtheria | 9 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | 9 | — |
| Erysipelas | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 3 | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Pneumonia | 25 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| Measles | 374 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 35 | 40 | 231 | 14 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 111 | 73 | 46 | 55 | 67 | 22 | 3 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 18 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | — | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | 2 | — | |
| Totals | 570 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 44 | 48 | 328 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 176 | 109 | 60 | 104 | 92 | 29 | 119 | 9 |
The succeeding table shows the age incidence of the diseases and
the distribution throughout the Wards of the Borough of the various
infections:—
*Includes all forms.