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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever.
No cases were notified during 1963.
Whooping Cough.
Thirty-five cases were notified during the year, as against three
in the previous year. No deaths from this disease were recorded.
The County Medical Officer informs me that 1,189 children
received Whooping Cough Immunisation (singly or in combination)
during the year.
Other Infectious Diseases.
In addition to those previously mentioned, notifications were received as under:—
| Erysipelas | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 |
| Encephalitis | 2 |