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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 1956
[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 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 120 | 107 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 19 | 35 | 32 | 44 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 21 | 19 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 27 | 23 | — | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | 3 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 189 | 173 | 6 | 11 | 45 | 28 | 55 | 46 | 67 | 57 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 4 | |
| 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. | |||||
| Pneumonia | 22 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | — | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | — | ||
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||
| Food Poisoning | 22 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | ||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | ||
| Paratyphoid | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 31 | 27 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary) | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 79 | 137 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 36 | 18 | 62 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 268 | 310 | |||||||||||||||||