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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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| Disease | Total Number of Cases | Number of Cases Notified At Ages—Years | Number of Cases Notified in each Ward | Cases removed to Hospital | Deaths (including deaths of residents outside the Borough) | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 to 2 years | 2 to 3 years | 3 to 4 years | 4 to 5 years | 5 to 10 years | 10 to 15 years | 15 to 20 years | 20 to 35 years | 35 to 45 years | 45 to 65 years | 65 and over | Beddington | Wallington | |||||||||
| North | West | Central | South | North | Central | South | ||||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 28 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | — | 7 | 18 | — |
| Measles | 16 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | 4 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 53 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Pneumonia | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 7 | 12* | |
| Dysentery | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | – | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | I | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 126 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 60 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 13 |
The succeeding table shows the age incidence of the diseases and
the distribution throughout the Wards of the Borough of the various
infections:
* Includes all forms