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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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TABLE IV.
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1954. Sex and Age Distribution.
| Disease | Totals | Under 1 | 1—2 | 3—4 | 5—9 | 10—14 | 15—24 | 25 and over | Age unknown | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Scarlet Fever | 51 | 45 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 114 | 109 | 15 | 12 | 21 | 15 | 37 | 24 | 38 | 54 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 131 | 98 | - | 6 | 17 | 7 | 39 | 28 | 71 | 56 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 296 | 253 | 15 | 19 | 40 | 24 | 84 | 65 | 146 | 130 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | i | 6 | - | - | |
| Under 5 | 5—14 | 15—44 | 45—64 | 65 & over | Age unknown | |||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||||||
| Acute Pneumonia | 37 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 5 | - | - | ||||
| Dysentery | 15 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Erysipelas | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||||
| Encephalitis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Food Poisoning | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | ||||
| Meningococcal Infection | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 51 | 25 | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 7 | - | - | - | ||||
| Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary) | 7 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 118 | 78 | 12 | 10 | 23 | 16 | 45 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 8 | - | - | |||||
| 414 | 331 | |||||||||||||||||