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Orpington 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]

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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1941.

Disease.At all ages.At ages—years.Removed to Hospital.Total Deaths.
Under 1 year.1 to 22 to 33 to 44 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2525 to 4545 to 6565 and over.
Scarlet Fever6635352710841..50..
Diphtheria692156324155611654
Typhoid andParatyphoid10............1531..2..
Erysipelas10................235....
Puerperal Pyrexia12..............111......
Pneumonia151..........2..642..†28
Measles12252487112127966429226172..92
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis15..........32253..52
Whooping Cough32329234850371324..41....1
Acute Poliomyelitis5....2....1..11......2
OpthalmiaNeonatorum33.,......................
Dysentry7..211..111..........
TOTALS176059116168187141830127495916813139

† all forms