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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 1963
[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. |
| 14 | 18 | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | 5 | 11 | 9 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Whooping Cough | 37 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Measles | 663 | 611 | 1 1 | 14 | 142 | 129 | 158 | 155 | 338 | 295 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Dysentery | 48 | 50 | 1 | — | 7 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | — | — |
| Poliomvelitis (Paralytic) | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 764 | 709 | 16 | 15 | 161 | 142 | 168 | 177 | 385 | 330 | 15 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 14 | — | — | |
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | - | - | ||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Food Poisoning | 5 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | ||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 4 | _ | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Typhoid Fever | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 18 | 22 | 4 | — | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | — | - | |||||
| 782 | 731 | |||||||||||||||||