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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
Orpington 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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APPENDIX 3.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING 1949.
| At all ages | Removed to Hospital | Total Deaths | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65 and over | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | 245 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 28 | 141 | 25 | 7 | 2 | — | — | 74 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 182 | 20 | 14 | 33 | 28 | 20 | 56 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 6 | — |
| Measles | 1049 | 23 | 70 | 122 | 146 | 114 | 541 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 2 | — | 10 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 13 | — | — | 18 | — |
| Dysentery | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 12 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Pneumonia | 56 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 19 | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 56 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 32 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Paratyphoid | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 10 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 1642 | 47 | 87 | 178 | 199 | 167 | 779 | 55 | 29 | 64 | 24 | 13 | 139 | 2 |