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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
Bromley 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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TABLE V. Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1950. 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. | |
| Scarlet Fever | 50 | 65 | _ | _ | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 41 | 3 | 7 | 2 | _ | _ | 1 | _ | |
| Whooping Cough | 40 | 64 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | _ | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | ||||||||||||||||||
| (Paralytic) | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | _ |
| (Non Paralytic) | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | _ | _ |
| Measles | 167 | 201 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 41 | 49 | 45 | 84 | 104 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | _ |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | 1 | — | - | - | — |
| 269 | 342 | 4 | 9 | 40 | 57 | 84 | 80 | 127 | 171 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Under 5 | 5-14 | 15-44 | 45-64 | 65 and over | Age Unknown | |||||||||||||
| Acute Pneumonia | 27 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Dysentery | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | - | - | - | ||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | _ | _ | ||||
| Cerebro-Spinal | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fever | 3 | — | 3 | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | ||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Typhoid & Para | ||||||||||||||||||
| typhoid fevers | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Food Poisoning | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Ophthalmia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Tuberculosis— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 53 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 7 | _ | _ | _ | ||||
| Non-Pulmonary | — | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 89 | 92 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 60 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 358 | 434 | |||||||||||||||||