London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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| Disease | At All Ages | At Ages—Years | Removed to Hospital | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 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 | 64 | — | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 3 | — | — | 45 |
| Diphtheria | 14 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 14 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 17 | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 56 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 |
| Measles | 498 | 16 | 47 | 60 | 55 | 41 | 242 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Whooping Cough | 155 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 16 | 71 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | — |
| Dysentery | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 2 | 1 | "— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | —— | — | 1 | — | — | —— | — |
| Scabies | 134 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 13 | 26 | 45 | 7 | 1 | — |
| Totals | 982 | 31 | 72 | 91 | 75 | 66 | 379 | 61 | 71 | 93 | 32 | 11 | 63 |