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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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The following table, compiled from local records, shows the number of new cases of Tuberculosis notified during the year, together with the deaths at various age periods:
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 to 2 years | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 to 4 years | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 to 9 years | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 to 14 years | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 to 24 years | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 to 44 years | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 45 to 64 years | 5 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| 65 and over | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 11 | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
The new cases were distributed amongst the Wards as follows:
| Beddington | Wallington | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North | West | Cent. | South | North | Cent. | South | |
| Pulmonary | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Non-Pulmonary | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
The responsibility for the treatment of cases of Tuberculosis, previously
undertaken by the Surrey County Council, passed to the Regional Hospital
Board on the 5th July, 1948. Dispensary facilities continue to be available
for residents of the Borough at the St. Helier Hospital, Carshalton.
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