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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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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 | 80 | 74 | — | — | 8 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 50 | 50 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 173 | 179 | 15 | 11 | 32 | 45 | 63 | 47 | 59 | 63 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | — | 1 | |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 356 | 405 | 12 | 14 | 80 | 96 | 106 | 113 | 133 | 171 | 8 | 3 | 4 | — | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 612 | 666 | 27 | 25 | 120 | 145 | 179 | 177 | 243 | 285 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 6 | |
| Under 5 | 5—14 | 15—44 | 45—64 | 65 and over. | Age unknown | |||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||||||
| Acute Pneumonia | 44 | 52 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | — | ||||
| Dysentery | 9 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | ||||
| Erysipelas | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | ||||
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||||
| Typhoid and Para-Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Food Poisoning | 18 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Tuberculosis (Pulm.) | 33 | 25 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 20 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary) | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Anthrax | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 109 | 172 | 11 | 19 | 16 | 26 | 42 | 95 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 721 | 838 | |||||||||||||||||