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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PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES
The following table shows the incidence of infectious disease in the Borough in 196^, the number of cases removed to hospital and the number of deaths attributed to these diseases, excluding Tuberculosis:
Measles | 116 | 1 | - |
Whooping Cough | 12 | 1 | - |
Pneumonia | 7 | - | *19 |
Dysentery | 1 | - | - |
Erysipelas | 4 | - | - |
Food Poisoning | 4 | — | - |
Total | 153 | 4 | *19 |
* Includes deaths from all forms of pneumonia.
* Includes deaths of residents in homes and institutions
outside the Borough.
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