London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Chislehurst 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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| Disease. | At all Ages. | Number of Cases Notified. at ages—years. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | Deaths | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 and under 2 years | 2 and under 3years | 3 and under 4 years | 4 and under 5 years | 5 and under 10 years | 10 and under 15 years | 15 and under 20 years | 20 and under 35 years | 35 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years | 65 and over | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | 140 | ... | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 80 | 16 | 17 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 112 | ... |
| Diphtheria | 76 | ... | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 38 | 5 | 4 | ... | 5 | ... | .... | 71 | 3 |
| Typhoid Fever | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... |
| Erysipelas | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ... | ... |
| Pneumonia | 33 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ... | 311 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Dysentery | 11 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Malaria | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 831 | 21 | 50 | 53 | 61 | 51 | 564 | 18 | 8 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... |
| Total | 1129 | 27 | 55 | 65 | 74 | 75 | 093 | 44 | 32 | 31 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 188 | 34 |
* A11 forms of Pneumonia.