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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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| Disease | Totals | Under 1 | 1—2 | 3—4 | 5—9 | 10—14 | 15—24 | 25 and over | Age unknown | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F" | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
| 47 | 42 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Whooping Cough | 29 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 18 | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| Measles | 67 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Dysentery | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 152 | 172 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 24 | 43 | 42 | 70 | 78 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | — | — | |
| Under 5 | 5—14 | 15—44 | 45—64 | 65 & over | Age unknown | |||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||||||
| Acute Pneumonia | 19 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5 | — | — | ||||
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | ||||
| Para-Typhoid Fever | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Erysipelas | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | ||||
| Food Poisoning | 8 | 4 | — | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — — | — — | — — | — — | ||||
| 32 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 7 | — | — | |||||
| 184 | 203 | |||||||||||||||||