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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1939.
| Disease | Number of cases notified | Total Cnses 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 ana over | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | 78 | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | — | 58 | — |
| Diphtheria | 11 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 10 | — |
| Typhoid Fever | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Erysipelas | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | -- | — | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | — | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 16 | 2 | — | — | — | |
| Pneumonia | 31 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | — | 22 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 9 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .— | 5 |
| Measles | 15 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| TOTALS | 189 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 17 | 12 | 44 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 70 | 27 |