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Orpington 1942

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]

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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1942.

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 Fever191..241014972914201..171..
Diphtheria24..112362431124..
Typhoid2..............11....1..
Erysipelas20................4151....
Puerperal Pyrexia20..............317........
Pneumonia24......2..3..23113....
Measles5661922485160318251391..2..
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis6....1......111112..
Whooping Cough139915151422481014..1....
Acute Poliomyelitis51......1111..........
Ophthalmia Neonatorum22........................
Dysentry27222..1217514....
Encephalitis1..........1..............
TOTALS1027334271791014766947673111200..