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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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| 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 | 28 | 28 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 5 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 134 | 145 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 27 | 35 | 40 | 54 | 57 | 3 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | 5 | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Measles | 746 | 702 | 10 | 9 | 114 | 136 | 181 | 183 | 426 | 359 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Dysentery | 46 | 35 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 8 | — | — | 8 | 11 | — | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 956 | 911 | 21 | 21 | 149 | 165 | 226 | 230 | 518 | 441 | 24 | 25 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 20 | — | — | |
| 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 | 23 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | _ | _ | _ | ||||
| Para-Typhoid Fever | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Erysipelas | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Food Poisoning | 14 | 9 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | — | — | ||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Encephalitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 42 | 45 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 3 | — | — | |||||
| 998 | 956 | |||||||||||||||||