Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
This page requires JavaScript
TABLE VIII.
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1952.
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 | 83 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 56 | 43 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 258 | 272 | 21 | 28 | 67 | 62 | 67 | 86 | 92 | 80 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 |
Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Measles | 698 | 617 | 24 | 14 | 104 | Ill | 156 | 150 | 385 | 321 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
Diphtheria | —• | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1042 | 965 | 46 | 43 | 174 | 175 | 236 | 251 | 534 | 447 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 5 | |
Under 5 | 5—14 | 15—44 | 45—64 | 65 and over | Age Unknown | |||||||||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||||||
Acute Pneumonia | 34 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | _ | _ | ||||
Dysentery | 7 | 8 | — | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | I | — | — | — | ||||
Erysipelas | 6 | 6 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | ||||
Cerebro Spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Typhoid & Para-Typhoid Fever | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Food Poisoning | 9 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | ||||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 51 | 33 | — | — | 2 | — | 35 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 2 | — | — | —. | ||||
Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary) | o O | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
112 | 99 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 47 | 55 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 10 | — | — | |||||
1154 | 1064 |