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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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| Resp1ratory | Other Forms | Total No. of cases | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | ||
| Brought Forward | 354 | 298 | 68 | 72 | 79 2 |
| inward Tran sfars | 8 | 13 | 1 | — | 22 |
| 362 | 311 | 69 | 72 | 814 | |
| Deletions -Deaths Removals Recoveries etc | 13 | 9 | — | 3 | 25 |
| No. of cases on Register at 31.l2.52 | 349 | 302 | 69 | 69 | 789 |
Pull details of the new cases and mortality during
the year are shown in Table VII of the Appendix.
The number of new cases notified during the year
showed an increase of 2 over the corresponding figure for
1951. There were 25 deletions from the Register as against
23 for the year 1951.
Food Poisoning
The following is a copy of the annual return of food
poisoning notifications (corrected) furnished to the Ministry
of Health;-
(1) Pood poisoning notifications (corrected) returned to Registrar General:-
| First Quarter | 1 |
| Second Quarter | — |
| Third Quarter | |
| Fourth Quarter | |
| 3 | |
| (2) Outbreaks due to identified agents:- | |
| Total outbreaks - Nil Total cases - Nil Outbreaks due to:- | |
| (a) chemical poisons | Nil |