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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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1944.
Disease. | At all ages. | At ages—yearn. | Removed to Hospital. | Total Deaths. | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 year. | 1 to 2 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4 | 4 t o 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and over. | ||||
Scarlet Fever | 136 | .. | • • | 6 | 6 | 11 | 82 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | .. | 88 | .. |
Diphtheria | 20 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .. | 19 | .. | |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 67 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | 47 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pneumonia | 34 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | .. | 2 | 8 | 12 | 4 | .. | .. |
Measles | 432 | .. | 30 | .. | 34 | 40 | 243 | 26 | 4 | 11 | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
Typhoid | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Erysipelas | 22 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | 2 | 5 | 11 | 3 | .. | .. |
Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Poliomyelitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ophthalmia N eonatorum | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | 199 | 11 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 22 | 88 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
Dysentery | 22 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. |
Malaria | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | |
TOTALS | 940 | 19 | 58 | 77 | 65 | 80 | 425 | 46 | 44 | 89 | 30 | 7 | 111 | .. |