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Beddington and Wallington 1953

[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 1953, 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 1953, the number of cases removed to hospital and the number of deaths attributed to these diseases, excluding Tuberculosis:

DiseaseNumber NotifiedRemoved to Hospital†Deaths
Scarlet Fever3020-
Measles4549—
Whooping Cough1592—
Erysipelas3——
Pneumonia213141
Dysentery22—
Poliomyelitis44—
Puerperal Pyrexia3——
Infective Hepatitis1——
Food Poisoning21—
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis11
Totals6804214*

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