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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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TABLE IV.
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1956. Sex and Age Distribution.
| Disease | Totals | Under 1 | 1—2 | 3—4 | 5—9 | 10—14 | 15—24 | 25 and over | Age unknown | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
| 41 | 34 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Whooping Cough | 147 | 162 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 34 | 28 | 40 | 68 | 71 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 82 | 74 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 25 | 14 | 31 | 35 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Dysentery | 86 | 82 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 18 | — | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Pneumonia | 359 | 355 | 11 | 14 | 84 | 61 | 73 | 70 | 149 | 155 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 22 | — | — |
| Under 5 | 5—14 | 15—44 | 45—64 | 65 & over | Age unknown | |||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||||||
| 22 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | — | — | |||||
| Para-Typhoid Fever | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Erysipelas | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Food Poisoning | 6 | 9 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 33 | 43 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 8 | •2 | 5 | — | — | |||||
| 392 | 398 | |||||||||||||||||