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. | At all ages. | At ages—years. | Removed to Hospital. | Total Deaths. | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 year. | 1 to 2 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4 | 4 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and over. | ||||
Scarlet Fever | 191 | .. | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 97 | 29 | 14 | 20 | 1 | .. | 171 | .. |
Diphtheria | 24 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24 | .. |
Typhoid | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Erysipelas | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 15 | 1 | .. | .. |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pneumonia | 24 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 3 | 11 | 3 | .. | .. |
Measles | 566 | 19 | 22 | 48 | 51 | 60 | 318 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. |
Whooping Cough | 139 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 22 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Acute Poliomyelitis | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Dysentry | 27 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. |
Encephalitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
TOTALS | 1027 | 33 | 42 | 71 | 79 | 101 | 476 | 69 | 47 | 67 | 31 | 11 | 200 | .. |