Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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Disease | Total No. Notified | Number of cases notified | Removed to Hospital | |||||||||||
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At ages—years | ||||||||||||||
Under 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4 | 4 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and over | |||
Scarlet Fever | 62 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | – | 46 |
Diphtheria | 42 | — | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 42 |
Typhoid Fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Erysipelas | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | — |
Puerperal Fever | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
Pneumonia | 10 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 1 | — |
Measles | 324 | 2 | 15 | 22 | 23 | 29 | 180 | 24 | 12 | 15 | 2 | — | — | — |
Whooping Cough | 12 | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Chickenpox | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Cerebro Spinal Fever | 14 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 |
Dysentary | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
TOTALS | 505 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 33 | 36 | 231 | 45 | 24 | 46 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 90 |