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Orpington 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]

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TABLE 1. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1946.

Disease.At all ages.At ages—years.Removed to Hospital.Total Deaths.
Under 1 year.1 to 22 to 33 to 44 t o 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2525 to 4545 to 6565 and over.
Scarlet Fever68..138635924....53..
Diphtheria2..........2..........2..
Puerperal Pyrexia25..............817.........
Pneumonia46..122..3318188....
Measles806126886699343826842..5..
Whooping Cough15371821262458....1........
Erysipelas22..............28111....
Dysentery17112....31..8..1....
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis3............1....2..1..
Poliomyelitis2..............2......1..
Scabies80..3135186132452....
Paratyphoid2........11..............
Malaria1................1........
TOTALS12272092115108129558463675381262..