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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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TABLE III.
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1963. Sex and Age Distribution.
| 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 | 650 | 633 | 15 | 12 | 137 | 113 | 179 | 189 | 303 | 299 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| Whooping Cough | 15 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 16 | 6 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 687 | 661 | 16 | 15 | 146 | 117 | 189 | 200 | 316 | 308 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 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 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | ||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Food Poisoning | 9 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | ||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Encephalitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 10 | 8 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||
| Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | ||
| 35 | 40 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | — | |||
| 722 | 701 | |||||||||||||||||