Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 | 22 | - | 1 | 4 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | — |
Measles | 426 | 6 | 72 | 95 | 240 | 10 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 86 | 74 | 62 | 46 | 65 | 58 | 35 | 3 | — |
Whooping Cough | 34 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 2 | - | 1 | — | — | 9 | 9 | — | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
Pneumonia | 20 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17* |
Dysentery | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | — | 1 | — |
Poliomyelitis— | |||||||||||||||||||
Paralytic | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | — |
Non-paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | — |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Food Poisoning | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Totals | 507 | 9 | 77 | 108 | 275 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 118 | 86 | 67 | 56 | 75 | 62 | 43 | 17 | 17 |