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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 1962
[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 | 15 | - | - | 4 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - |
| Measles | 23 | -_ | 7 | 7 | 13 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | - | - | ||
| Whooping Cough | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | - | ||
| Pneumonia | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | -_ | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | -_ | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 11* | |
| Dysentery | 5 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | -_ |
| Quartan Malaria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Totals | 70 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 11* |
* Includes all forms