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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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| At all ages | Removed to Hospital | Total Deaths | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65 and over | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | 120 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 68 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 68 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 399 | 39 | 47 | 53 | 62 | 47 | 140 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Measles | 328 | 10 | 31 | 32 | 43 | 40 | 152 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 8 | 1 | — | 12 | — |
| Dysentery | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 7 | 3 | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | — | — | |
| Poliomyelitis | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Polio-encephalitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 913 | 53 | 84 | 93 | 112 | 106 | 367 | 27 | 18 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 85 | — |