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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1938.
| Disease | Number of cases notified | Cases removed to Hospital | Deaths | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages | At ages—years | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | 77 | — | 1 | — | 7 | 6 | 44 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | 49 | — |
| Diphtheria | 22 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 20 | 2 |
| Typhoid Fever | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | — | 4 | — |
| Erysipelas | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 26 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | — | 17* |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 4 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 274 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 22 | 186 | 15 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | 4 | — |
| TOTALS | 458 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 30 | 252 | 25 | 12 | 42 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 77 | 19 |
*A11 forms of Pneumonia.