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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
The year 1923 has been a satisfactory one from the point of view of the incidence of Infectious Disease.
| 1915 (9 months) | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 39 | 16 | 8 | 34 | 62 | 67 | 74 | 59 | 28 | |
| Diphtheria | 14 | 24 | 9 | 23 | 43 | 47 | 34 | 19 | 40 | |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | 6 | |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | |
| Opthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | |
| Puerperal Fever | - | 1 | - | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 | |
| Measles | - | 87 | 241 | 158 | 39 | — | — | — | — | |
| Cerebro Spinal Meningitis | - | - | - | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | — | 16 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 5 | |
| Malaria | - | - | - | — | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | |
| Chicken Pox | - | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 6 | |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | - | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | |
| Tuberculosis | Pulmonary | 17 | 16 | 22 | 27 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 18 |
| Other forms | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Total | 35 | 162 | 288 | 252 | 197 | 149 | 148 | 99 | 118 | |