London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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The succeeding table shows the age incidence of the diseases and
the distribution throughout the Wards of the Borough of the various
infections:
| 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 | 3 to 4 years | 5 to 9 years | 10 to 14 years | 15 to 24 years | 25 to 44 years | 45 to 64 years | 65 and over | Beddington | Walling-ton | |||||||||
| North | West | Central | South | North | Central | South | |||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 32 | — | 1 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 7 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | — |
| Measles | 659 | 12 | 86 | 139 | 406 | 10 | 2 | 4 | — | — | 192 | 85 | 66 | 61 | 153 | 54 | 48 | 7 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 70 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 3S | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | 8 | 7 | 28 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Pneumonia | 24 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15* |
| Dysentery | 9 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6 | — | — | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis— | |||||||||||||||||||
| Paralytic | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — |
| Non-paralytic | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Meningo coccal Meningitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 809 | 17 | 100 | 160 | 469 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 215 | 107 | 105 | 85 | 172 | 62 | 63 | 47 | 16 |
*Includes all forms
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