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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Cases of Infectious Disease Notified During the Year 1958 (excluding Tuberculosis)
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) | ||||||||||||||
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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 | Wallington | |||||||||
North | West | Central | South | North | Central | South | |||||||||||||
Scarlet Fever | 33 | - | 3 | 9 | 19 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 13 | - |
Measles | 10 | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | — | - | - | — |
Whooping Cough | 34 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - |
Pneumonia | 12 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 6 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16* |
Dysentery | 2 | — | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Poliomyelitis— | |||||||||||||||||||
Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Non-paralytic | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | — | - | — | - | - | 1 | 1 | — | - | - | 1 | - | — | - | - | 1 | - | — |
Food Poisoning . . | 3 | — | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | — | — | — | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | — |
Erysipelas | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Totals | 101 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 21 | 16* |
*Includes all forms |
The succeeding table shows the age incidence of the diseases and
the distribution throughout the Wards of the Borough of the various
infections: