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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
Chislehurst 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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| Year of Birth | Last complete course of injections (whether primary or booster) 1949=1953 | 1948 or earlier | Population 1951 Census |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 447 | 259 | 1,160 |
| 1940 | 213 | 303 | 1,259 |
| 1941 | 223 | 293 | 1,198 |
| 1942 | 334 | 598 | 1,292 |
| 1943 | 430 | 456 | 1,105 |
| 1944 | 835 | 224 | 1,150 |
| 1945 | 625 | 180 | 1,321 |
| 1946 | 880 | 164 | 1,398 |
| 1947 | 1,198 | 132 | 1,520 |
| 1948 | 1,183 | 91 | 1,494 |
| 1949 | 940 | — | 1,964 |
| 1950 | 1,175 | — | 1,837 |
| 1951 | 1,162 | — | 1,615 |
| 1952 | 918 | — | 1,551 |
| 1953 | 149 | — | 1,291 |
| Total | 10,712 | 2,700 | 21,155 |
Typhoid Fever.
No cases were notified.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
There were sixteen cases notified, of which ten were institutionally
treated. This represents an attack rate of 12.1 per 1.000
total births.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Three cases were notified, all of which made a satisfactory
recovery and there was no impairment of vision in any case.
Pemphigus Neonatorum.
No cases were notified.
Measles.
One thousand and ninety-seven notifications were received
during 1953, as against one thousand, three hundred and fifteen for
1952. giving an attack rate of 12.9 per 1.000 total population.
Four of these cases were admitted to hospital and the
remainder home nursed.
There were no deaths from this disease recorded in the Urban
District.