London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1961
[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 | 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 | Wallington | |||||||||
| North | West | Central | South | North | Central | South | |||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 13 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Measles | 343 | 4 | 27 | 149 | 153 | 7 | 3 | 93 | 62 | 44 | 47 | 26 | 17 | 54 | |||||
| Whooping Cough | 7 | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 3 | |||||||
| Pneumonia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20* | |||||||||||||
| Dysentery | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | _____ | ||||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opthalmia Neonatorun | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 372 | 6 | 31 | 158 | 161 | 8 | 3 | 2 | — | 3 | 99 | 64 | 48 | 49 | 38 | 20 | 54 | 7 | 20* |
46
* Includes all forms