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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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Bye-laws in respect to the following are in force:
Advertisements.
Allotment Gardens.
Animals, The Keeping of.
Buildings.
Clean Handling of Food.
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.
Slot Machine Sale of Contraceptives.
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 1950, 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 | 93 | 63 | — |
| Measles | 687 | 2 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 213 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 9 | 2 | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis:— | |||
| Paralytic | 1 | 1 | — |
| Non-paralytic | 1 | 1 | — |
| Pneumonia | 14 | — | * 13 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | 1 | — |
| Herpes Ophthalmia | 1 | - | - |
| Totals | 1,021 | 71 | 13 |
* Includes deaths from all forms of pneumonia.
† Includes deaths of residents in home and institutions outside the Borough.
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