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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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The Monthly Incidence of Infectious Disease, 1945. (Excluding Tuberculosis.)
| Disease. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | _ | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | _ | 29 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 4 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 8 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Measles | 18 | 34 | 26 | 84 | 40 | 47 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 256 |
| Whooping cough | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 12 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | — | — | - | - | - | - | 1 | |||||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | - | — | — | — | 4 |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 1 |
| Totals | 34 | 37 | 31 | 89 | 44 | 54 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 329 |