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 1961
[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 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Scarlet Fever | 13 | 14 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 18 | 30 | - | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | - | — |
| Measles | 957 | 906 | 27 | 23 | 201 | 160 | 244 | 224 | 453 | 470 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | - |
| Dysentery | 21 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | - | - | - | 3 | — | — | - | — |
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| - | — | |||||||||||||||||
| - | - | |||||||||||||||||
| 1,009 | 971 | 28 | 29 | 212 | 171 | 255 | 237 | 477 | 496 | 26 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | — | — | |
| 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 | 15 | 6 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 9 | - | 5 | 4 | - | - | ||||
| Anthrax | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Erysipelas | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Food Poisoning | 1 | 5 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 2 | — | — | - | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
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| — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 22 | 14 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 4 | — | — | |||||
| 1,031 | 985 | |||||||||||||||||