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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 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]

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Table: PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASESThe following table shows the incidence of infectious disease in the Borough in 1951, the number of cases removed to hospital and the number of deaths attributed to these diseases, excluding Tuberculosis:

PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES

The following table shows the incidence of infectious disease in the Borough in 1951, the number of cases removed to hospital and the number of deaths attributed to these diseases, excluding Tuberculosis:

DiseaseNumber NotifiedRemoved to Hospital† Deaths
Scarlet Fever3022—
Measles24022
Whooping Cough89——
Erysipelas42—
Pneumonia772*11
Dysentery73—
Food Poisoning1——
Totals4483113

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* Includes deaths from all forms of pneumonia.
† Includes deaths of residents in home and institutions outside the Borough.
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