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BOROUGH OF BEDDINGTON & WALLINGTON ANNUAL REPORT of the MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH for the YEAR 1943. William Pile, Ltd., Printers, 78, Woodcote
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BOROUGH OF BEDDINGTON & WALLINGTON ANNUAL REPORT of the MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH for the YEAR 1943. William Pile, Ltd., Printers. 78, Woodcote
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The new cases were distributed amongst the Wards as follows: —
Beddington. Wallington. North. Cent. South. North. Cent. South. Text on page 16
County Council, cases of small-pox are admitted to the Small-pox Hospital at Clandon. Ceneral and Accident Cases. Cases from this area are admitted to:— Carshalton, Beddington and Wallington District (War Memorial) Hospital. St. Helier
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Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census). London Administrative County. Borough of Beddington and Wallington. Birth:— Rates per 1,000 Population. Live 16.5 18.6 19.4 15.8 17.56 Still 0.5 0.63 0.61 0.45 0.43 Deaths— All
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Maternity Cases 249 Accidents 235 NURSING IN THE HOME. This service is undertaken mainly by the staff of the Beddington and Wallington District Nursing Association and their work in the Borough is greatly appreciated. During the year the District
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Comparative crude birth rates, civilian death rates, analysis of mortality, maternal mortality and case rates for certain infectious diseases in the year 1943: —
England and Wales. 126 County-Boroughs and Great Towns including London. 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census). London Administrative County. Borough of Beddington and Wallington. Text on page 7
Public Health Department. Town Hall,. Wallington. To His Worship the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Borouc-h of Beddington and Wallington. Ladies and Gentlemen, I submit my report for the year ending 31st December, 1943.
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General and Maternity.—The Carshalton, Beddington and Wallington District (War Memorial) Hospital, The Park, Carshalton. This voluntary hospital provides 60 beds, arranged
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Non-Infectious Cases— Provision for removal of non-infectious cases, made by the Carshalton, Beddington and Wallington Joint Fire Protection and Ambulance Committee, was the same in 1937 as shown in the report for 1936, viz:—two
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The 337 non-domiciliary births took place in the following institutions:
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The following figures are in respect of the working of the service in both districts during the year:—
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The 337 non-domiciliary births took place in the following institutions: Live Still Total Carshalton, Beddington and Wallington District (War Memorial) Hospital 49 - 49 Surrey County Hospitals 78 3 81 Other Hospitals 52 1 53 Private Nursing
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admitted from Carshalton was 310 compared with 350 in the year before. General and Maternity.—The Carshalton, Beddington and Wallington District (War Memorial) Hospital, The Park, Carshalton. This voluntary hospital provides 61 beds, arranged
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mortem facilities. By agreement it is used for the reception of bodies from the neighbouring districts of Beddington and Wallington and Coulsdon and Purley as well as from the local Urban District. The number admitted during the year was 192
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Out of 705 total births, 536 took place in the following hospitals and nursing homes:—
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hospitals 10 From Carshalton homes 52 From Beddington & Wallington 35 From Coulsdon & Purley 47 From other districts 13 186 The Council has a financial arrangement with the Beddington, Wallington and Coulsdon and Purley Councils for the reception
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refrigeration storage and facilities for post mortem examination. They have a financial agreement with the Beddington & Wallington and the Coulsdon & Purley Councils, whereby bodies from both these districts are received into the Mill Lane
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Out of 727 total births, 583 took place in the following hospitals:—
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Out of 727 total births, 583 took place in the following hospitals:— Live Still Total Carshalton, Beddington and Wallington District (War Memorial) Hospital 130 3 133 St. Helier Hospital 368 1 369 Other Surrey Hospitals 63 2 65 Other
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these last four months, 326 occurred in the parish of Wallington. It commenced in Upper Wallington and South Beddington by means of a few scattered cases, which, being unnotified, were not discovered until the schools in Wallington proper
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They are distributed as follows :—
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1000 males, yet the proportion varied in each parish from only 926 females in Addington to as many as 1240 in Beddington, and 1410 in Wallington, to every 1000 males. This, however, is quite sufficient to show that the death-rates of the various
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orders in regard to two of the houses. The long-standing nuisance caused by encampments of gipsies at Beddington Corner, Wallington, close to a considerable population, was, it is hoped, finally abated during the year. Notices were served
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Table B. —Births in 1894.
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from the Boroughs of Mitcham, and Beddington and Wallington. Sewage Disposal. The sewage of the Borough is dealt with at Beddington and South Norwood. The Addington area drains into the West Kent Drainage Board Works and a small part of Upper
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cases were reported, 2 of which were in Mitcham, 1 at Beddington Corner, and 1 in South Beddington. Three of these cases were contracted while the patients were away from home for the summer holiday, and the other probably arose from the patient
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Births in 1897.
Parish. Registered Births. Birth-rate per 1000 of population. Males. Females Total. Table on page 7
Mortality in 1897. *
Parish. Deaths. Death-rate per 1,000 of population. Males. Females Total. Text on page 8
Coulsdon, 62 in Woodmansterne, 71 in Addington, 78 in Morden, 87 in Merton, 103 in Mitcham, and 140 both in Beddington and Wallington. The deaths of children wider 5 years of age numbered 121, or 35 per cent, of the deaths at all ages, and those of
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Fever.—Two cases of this disease were reported, one in April at a house in Beddington Corner, the other in December at a cottage near the Mitcham Road, in the Parish of Beddington. The last case was fatal. Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup).—During
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Beddington and Wallington was constituted in 1915 by an Order of the Surrey County Council, the area up to that time being part of the Croydon Rural District, By an Order in Council, dated 20th August, 1937, H. M. King George VI granted a charter to Beddington
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The new cases were distributed amongst the Wards as follows:-
Beddington Wallington North West Cent. South North Cent. South Text on page 9
admission and treatment of cases of infectious disease in hospitals under their control. Most of the cases from Beddington and Wallington continue to be admitted to the Wandle Valley Isolation Hospital Smallpox: The Regional Hospital Board have
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throughout all the previous years for which I have been responsible as Medical Officer of Health for the health of Beddington and Wallington. In particular I would wish to mention the very valuable service and loyal support I have always received from
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BOROUGH OF BEDDINGTON & WALLINGTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE December, 1964 Members: Councillor Mrs. H. Bridger (Chairman) Alderman D, H. de Voil
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Borough) Under 1 year 1-2 years 2-5 years 5-10 years 10 - 15 years 15 - 25 years 25 - ^5 years 45 - 65 years 65 yrs & over Beddington Wallington North West Central South North Central South Scarlet Fever 9 - - 2 3 1 2 - 1 - 3 2 1 1 - 1 1 2 - Measles 116 2 11 58 43 1 1 — -
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1 - 1 - - - - 65 and over - - - 1 1 - - - Totals 1 2 - 2 1 - - - The new cases were distributed amongst the Wards as follows:- Beddington Wallington North West Cent. South North Cent. South Pulmonary - - 1 - 1 1 - Non-Pulmonary 1 - 1 - - - - Totals 1 - 2 - 1 1 - The responsibility
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These were divided amongst the constituent Authorities, and patients at the Hospital as under :—
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altogether. These parishes are, as follows, given in the order of greatest to smallest, in point of area:—
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Table giving the number of females per 1,000 males living in 1891, in the whole district, in each parish, and in some other places.
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Table giving the number of births in each parish from July to December, 1893, with the corresponding annual birth-rate.
Parish. Registered Births. Annual Birth rate per thousand of Population. Table on page 11
Table showing the number of deaths belonging to each parish from July to December, 1893, with the corresponding annual death rate.
Parish. Registered Deaths. Annual death-rate per thousand of population. Table on page 14
The incidence of the disease in the various parishes affected was as follows:—
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increased by 35 per cent., Woodmansterne 33 per cent., Coulsdon 29 per cent., Mitcham 28 per cent., Wallington 27 per cent., Morden 10 per cent., Beddington 5 per cent., Addington 1½ per cent., whilst Sanderstead decreased by nearly 3 per cent.
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over the several months, and the numbers in each parish were as follows : 11 in Mitcham, 7 in Wallington, 4 in Sanderstead, 2 in Merton, and 1 in Beddington. Twelve of the cases were sporadic, or could not be traced satisfactorily. Two cases in Mitcham
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Kenley and Purley, in Coulsdon parish, and Sanderstead, are supplied by the Kenley and Caterham Water Company; Beddington, Wallington, Woodman-
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cases occurred in Mitcham, 3 in Merton, 3 in Beddington (1 of which was at the Beddington Orphan Asylum), 2 in Coulsdon, 1 in Merton, and 1 in Wallington. Of these 21 cases, 7 (which includes the solitary case at the Beddington Orphan Asylum), could
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The population of each parish, and the number of inhabited houses at the middle of 1893 may be estimated as follows:—
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*Mortality in 1896.
Parish. Deaths. Death-rate per 1000 of population. Males. Females Total. Table on page 39
The following table kindly supplied by the Surveyor, relateg to new buildings in the Drainage District:—
New Buildings. Approved. Disapproved. Table on page 44
They are distributed as follows :—
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Uncertified deaths, 1896.
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being within the Singlegate District, so often alluded to in previous reports. In February cases occurred in Wallington, Beddington, and Mitcham, and in March a case occurred in Kenley, and 1 at the Holborn Schools in Mitcham, the latter being
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being 44 months. The majority of the deaths—15—occurred in Mitcham, while 2 occurred in Merton, and 1 each in Beddington and Wallington. Influenza.—The information about this disease is very unreliable. There seem to have been several cases
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year. During the first quarter 8 cases occurred in private houses, 3 of which were in Wallington, 2 at Beddington Corner, 2 in Mitcham, and 1 at Purley. In April and May there were 2 cases in one house at Beddington Corner, and 1 at Raynes Park. In June
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Excess of Births over Deaths.
Deaths in 1905. Births in 1905. Excess of Birtha in 1905. Table on page 10
This gives an illegitimate birth-rate of 1.5 per cent. of total births.
No. of Illegitimate Births, Percentage. Text on page 9
Mitcham with 372, Merton with 178, Coulsdon with 111, and Wallington with 93. Excess of Births over Deaths. Deaths in 1905. Births in 1905. Excess of Birtha in 1905. Addington 11 11 Beddington 39 123 84 Coulsdon 39 150 111 Merton 80 258 178 Mitcham
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illegitimate birth-rate of 1.5 per cent. of total births. No. of Illegitimate Births, Percentage. Beddington 3 2.4 Merton 4 1.5 Mitcham 14 2.1 Wallington 1 .6 The birth rate for the year for the entire District was 25.7, as compared with 27.3 in 1904,
