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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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Cases of Infectious Disease Notified During the Year 1959 (excluding Tuberculosis)
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 | 2 to 5 years | 5 to 10 years | 10 to 15 years | 15 to 25 years | 25 to 45 years | 45 to 65 years | 65 and over | Beddington | Walling-ton | |||||||||
| North | West | Central | South | North | Central | South | |||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 73 | - | - | 16 | 44 | 12 | 1 | - | - | - | 8 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | - | ||
| Measles | 491 | 5 | 34 | 159 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 58 | 57 | 79 | 69 | 99 | 54 | 75 | 1 | - | ||
| Whooping Cough | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Pneumonia | 7 | - | — | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 18* | |
| Dysentery | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Erysipelas | 3 | - | — | — | — | — | — | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | - |
| Totals | 589 | 6 | 35 | 181 | 327 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 73 | 78 | 89 | 77 | 128 | 66 | 78 | 19 | 18* |