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Beddington and Wallington 1956

[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 1956, 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 1956, the number of cases removed to hospital and the number of deaths attributed to these diseases, excluding Tuberculosis:

DiseaseNumber NotifiedRemoved to HospitalDeaths
Scarlet Fever4215-
Measles81——
Whooping Cough253—
Erysipelas4——
Pneumonia13181
Dysentery194—
Poliomyelitis— Paralytic221
Non-paralytic———
Meningococcal Meningitis1——
Puerperal Pyrexia2——
Paratyphoid Fever11—
Totals190269*

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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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