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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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TABLE IV.
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1955. 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 | 23 | 21 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 125 | 135 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 16 | 23 | 36 | 63 | 69 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 744 | 722 | 16 | 23 | 145 | 125 | 187 | 155 | 371 | 396 | 23 | 16 | — | 2 | 2 | 5 | — | — |
| 898 | 885 | 20 | 32 | 176 | 143 | 213 | 192 | 451 | 482 | 33 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | — | — | |
| 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 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | - | - | ||||
| Dysentery | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Food Poisoning | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | _ | 3 | _ | 3 | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Typhoid Fever and Para-Tvphoid Fever | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 51 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 27 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | — | ||||
| Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary) | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 108 | 81 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 6 | — | — | |||||
| 1,006 | 966 | |||||||||||||||||