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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 IV.
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1963. Ward Distribution. Attack and Mortality Rates.
| Diseases | Total | WARDS | Cases removed to Hospital | Attack Rate per 1,000 population | No. of Deaths | Death rate per 1,000 population | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biggin Hill | Crofton South | Crofton North | Chelsfield | Cudham | Downe | Farnborough | G reen-Street-Green | Goddington South | Goddington North | Knockholt | Knoll | Leaves Green | Petts Wood | Poverest | St. Mary Cray | ||||||
| Measles | 1283 | 85 | 259 | 72 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 82 | 117 | 170 | 270 | — | 48 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 77 | 15 | 15.7 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 35 | — | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 12 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 8 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0.43 | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 22 | — | 6 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.27 | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 20 | 9 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 0.25 | 581 | 0.71 |
| Dysentery | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0.07 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0.02 | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | 25 | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 10 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 0.30 | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | %0.73 | — | — |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 18 | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | 4 | 0.22 | 4 | 0.05 | |
| Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary) | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.09 | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0.02 | — | — |
| Encephalitis | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0.02 | — | — |
| Totals | 1423 | 97 | 285 | 87 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 102 | 121 | 182 | 280 | 11 | 57 | 6 | 33 | 35 | 82 | 34 | 17.44 | 62 | 0.76 |
* Based on 1,000 total births and not population.
% Includes all forms of Pneumonia.