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Orpington 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]

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TABLE 1. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1943.

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.
Diphtheria24••22210143......223
Puerperal Pyrexia66••............2937......1
Pneumonia311..2224221024..23
Scarlet Fever20014121013110277151..142..
Measles59616254562543065916103......
Typhoid2................2....2..
Erysipelas6........1....1..4......
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis1..............1......1..
Poliomyelitis1..........1..............
Ophthalmia Neonatorum22........................
Whooping Cough3753372131..3........
Dysentry1411..123....231....
TOTALS980263564848443893597913516727