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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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Cases of Infectious Disease Notified During the Year, 1945. (Excluding Tuberculosis).
| Disease. | At all ages. | Number of Cases Notified. At Ages—Years. | Total cases notified in each Ward. Beddington. Wallington. | Cases removed to Hospital. | Deaths (Including deaths of residents outside the Borough) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||||||||||
| North. | Central. | South. | North. | Central. | South. | ||||||||||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 29 | _ | 3 | 1 | _ | _ | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 25 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 3 | _ | 4 | — |
| Diphtheria | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | _ | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | _ | 1 | 1 | 6 | - |
| Erysipelas | 13 | - | _ | _ | - | - | 4 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 15* | |
| Pneumonia | 256 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 115 | 9 | 6 | 5 | — | — | — | 91 | 25 | 19 | 79 | 32 | 10 | 4 | — |
| Measles | 12 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | _ | _ | 2 | - | - | 4 | _ |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 329 | 8 | 34 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 138 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 109 | 36 | 26 | 93 | 49 | 16 | 49 | 17 |
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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