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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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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 | |||||||||||||||||