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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 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1972
| Number of Cases Notified in Age Groups | TOTAL All ages | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 35 | 35 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | Age unknown | ||||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Dysentery | - | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 8 |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 |
| Infective Jaundice | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 16 | 15 |
| Measles | 11 | 15 | 168 | 173 | 251 | 204 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 11 | 443 | 410 |
| Meningitis | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 6 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | 8 | 4 | 17 | 15 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 26 | 23 |
| Tuberculosis (Pul.) | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | - | - | 26 | 14 |
| Tuberculosis (Non Pul.) | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 5 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Tetanus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Encephelitis | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| Paratyphoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| TOTALS | 15 | 18 | 188 | 183 | 286 | 231 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 554 | 485 |