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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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Cases of Infectious Disease Notified During the Year, 1944. (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 | 30 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | _ | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 19 | ___ |
| Diphtheria Erysipelas | 6 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 2 | - | 5 1 | -- |
| Pneumonia | 13 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14* |
| Measles | 38 | - | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 11 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 47 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 11 | - | 4 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | _ |
| Dysentery | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 145 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 50 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 41 | 23 | 28 | 21 | 26 | 6 | 36 | 15 |
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.
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