London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1955
[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. | |
| Measles | 563 | 485 | 9 | 11 | 133 | 110 | 127 | 130 | 263 | 219 | 14 | 5 | 2 | — | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 |
| Whooping Cough | 93 | 112 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 27 | 37 | 43 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 26 | 32 | — | — | 1 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| ,, (Non-paralytic) | 4 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 692 | 635 | 18 | 16 | 155 | 141 | 158 | 168 | 319 | 275 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 11 | |
| Under 5 | 5—14 | 15—24 | 25—44 | 45—64 | 65 and over | Age unknown. | ||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||||
| Acute Pneumonia | 56 | 50 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | — | — | 17 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 3 | — | ||
| Dysentery | 20 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 7 | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | ||
| Erysipelas | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Typhoid and Para- | ||||||||||||||||||
| Typhoid Fever | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Food Poisoning | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | —3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | — | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | ||
| Tuberculosis (Pulm.) | 32 | 25 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | — | ||
| Tuberculosis (Non- | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary) | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | ||
| 116 | 197 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 48 | 37 | 82 | 28 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 808 | 832 | |||||||||||||||||