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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The succeeding table shows the age incidence of the diseases and
the distribution throughout the Wards of the Borough of the various
infections:
Cases of Infectious Disease Notified During the Year 1963 (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) | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 8 | - | - | 2 | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Measles | 472 | 8 | 38 | 172 | 233 | 13 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 45 | 80 | 59 | 72 | 97 | 51 | 68 | 4 | - |
Whooping Cough.. | 7 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Pneumonia | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Dysentery | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Totals | 496 | 8 | 39 | 178 | 241 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 85 | 60 | 75 | 102 | 52 | 68 | 7 | - |
*Includes all forms |