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 Chislehurst]
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TABLE IV.
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1953. Sex and Age Distribution.
Disease | Totals | Under 1 | 1—2 | 3—4 | 5—9 | 10—14 | 15—24 | 25 and over | Age Unknown | |||||||||
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M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
Scarlet Fever | 73 | 70 | - | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 38 | 44 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
Whooping Cough | 219 | 229 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 50 | 57 | 66 | 102 | 86 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | 9 | — | — |
Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Measles | 573 | 524 | 24 | 15 | 118 | 118 | 177 | 151 | 225 | 200 | 23 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | — | — |
Diphtheria | — | - | — | - | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
874 | 828 | 36 | 32 | 166 | 175 | 251 | 231 | 371 | 330 | 32 | 39 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 14 | — | — | |
Under 5 | 5—14 | 15—44 | 45—64 | 65 and over | Age Unknown | |||||||||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||||||
Acute Pneumonia | 41 | 42 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 12 | _ | _ | ||||
Dysentery | 22 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||||
Erysipelas | 6 | 9 | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | — | 2 | — | — | |||||
Cerebro Spinal Fever | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Typhoid & Para-Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —- | — | — | ||||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 39 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | ||||
Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary) | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
115 | 121 | 32 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 34 | 54 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 14 | — | — | |||||
989 | 949 |