London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Beddington and Wallington 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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| Disease. | At all ages. | Number of Cases Notified. At Ages—Years. | Total Cases notified in each Ward. | Cases removed to Hospital. | Deaths (including deaths of residents outside the Borough). | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beddington. | Wallington. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. | West | Central. | South. | North. | Central. | South. | ||||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 60 | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 20 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Erysipelas | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | ||
| Pneumonia | 11 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | *4 | |
| Measles | 493 | 16 | 46 | 53 | 43 | 54 | 258 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 124 | 52 | 70 | 36 | 87 | 94 | 30 | 4 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 118 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 32 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 11 | 2 | — | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — |
| Cerebro-Spi-nal Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||||||||||||||
| Paratyphoid Fever ' B ' | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | — | |
| Totals | 700 | 25 | 62 | 75 | 64 | 79 | 325 | 26 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 181 | 70 | 97 | 43 | 132 | 127 | 50 | 67 | 7 |
Includes all forms.
The succeeding table shows the age incidence of the diseases and
the distribution throughout the Wards of the Borough of the various
infections :—