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
Orpington 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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| Disease | Number of cases notified At ages—years | Cases removed to Hospital | Deaths | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages | Under 1 year | 1 and under 2 | 2 and under 3 | 3 and under 4 | 4 and under 5 | 5 and under 10 | 10 and under 15 | 15 and under 20 | 20 and under 35 | 35 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and over | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 73 | — | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 56 | — |
| Diphtheria | 53 | — | — | 4 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 47 | 3 |
| Typhoid Fever | 4 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | ] | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Erysipelas | 19 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | — | |
| Pneumonia | 27 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | — | 26 |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | — | - | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Dysentery | 2 | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malaria | 1 | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Measles | 69 | 3 | - | 3 | 6 | 3 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTALS | 260 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 103 | 29 | 9 | 33 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 106 | 29 |