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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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Byelaws in respect to the following are in force:—
Advertisements.
Allotment Gardens.
Animals, The Keeping of.
Buildings.
Fish-frying and Offensive Trades.
Good Rule and Government.
House Refuse, etc., Removal.
Houses Let in Lodgings.
Houses of the Working Classes.
New Streets.
Nuisances.
Offensive or Noxious Matter.
Parking Place off Woodcote Road.
Pleasure Grounds.
Public Sanitary Conveniences.
Slaughterhouses.
Smoke Abatement.
Tents, Vans, Sheds, etc.
Underground Rooms.
PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES
The following table shows the incidence of infectious disease in the Borough in 1949, the number of cases removed to hospital and the number of deaths attributed to these diseases, excluding Tuberculosis:—
| Disease. | Number Notified. | Removed to Hospital. | †Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 44 | 39 | — |
| Measles | 116 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 14 | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 2 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 1 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | 1** |
| Pneumonia | 1 | — | 9** |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | 6 | — | — |
| Totals | 190 | 45 | 10 |
* Includes deaths from all forms of pneumonia.
** Refers to case in which disease occurred previous to 1949.
t Includes deaths of residents in homes and institutions
outside the Borough,
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