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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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TABLE V.
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1955.
Ward Distribution. Attack and Mortality Rates.
| Diseases. | WARDS | Cases removed to hospital. | Attack rate per 1,000 population. | No. of Deaths. | Death rate per 1,000 population. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Biggin Hill | Chelsfield | Crofton North | Crofton South | Cudham | Downe | Farnborough | Goddington North | Goddington South | Green-Street-Green | Knockholt | Knoll | Leaves Green | Petts Wood | Poverest | St. Mary Cray | |||||
| Measles | 1048 | 42 | 6 | 29 | 91 | 32 | 8 | 17 | 104 | 71 | 89 | 2 | 150 | 8 | 32 | 152 | 215 | 8 | 15.31 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 205 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 4 | — | 11 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 11 | — | 9 | 22 | 45 | 5 | 2.99 | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 58 | 3 | — | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 15 | 22 | 0.85 | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 106 | 6 | — | 9 | 17 | — | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 | — | 6 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1.55† | — | — |
| Dysentery | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 0.61 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 8 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 4 | 0.12 | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 6 | 0.09 | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (non-paralytic) | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.09 | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (paralytic) | 10 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 10 | 0.15 | 2 | 0.03 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 90 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 77 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 89 | 1.31* | — | — |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0.01 | — | — |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary) | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | —_ | 1 | 3 | 0.04 | — | —_ |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 57 | 2 | — | 6 | 8 | — | — | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | — | 7 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 0.83 | 6 | 0.09 |
| TOTALS | 1640 | 61 | 12 | 67 | 151 | 39 | 10 | 120 | 142 | 116 | 120 | 13 | 188 | 11 | 56 | 210 | 324 | 181 | 23.96 | 8 | 0.12 |
•Based on 1,000 total births and not population,
tlncludes all forms of Pneumonia