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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 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]

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Table: The following Table shows the number of cases notified, together with the number removed to Hospital, and the total deaths.

The following Table shows the number of cases notified, together with the number removed to Hospital, and the total deaths.

Disease.Number notified.Removed to Hospital.Total Deaths.
Scarlet Fever6660—
Diphtheria69654
Typhoid andParatyphoid102—
Erysipelas10——
Puerperal Pyrexia12——
Pneumonia15—28*
Cerebro-spinal Fever1552
Acute Poliomyelitis5—2
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3——
Dysentery7——
Whooping Cough323—1
Measles122592
TOTALS176013139

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*A11 forms.
IMMUNISATION CLINIC.
The following work has been carried out during the year :
Number of sessions held 146
Number of attendances 7,197
Number of new cases 2,519
Number Tested
M. F.
Total Per Cent. Positive
393 472 865 83
Only children over 7 years of age were tested.