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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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| Disease. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 19 | 23 | 31 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 154 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 436 | 192 | 61 | 44 | 12 | 11 | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 761 |
| Whooping Cough | 27 | 52 | 86 | 45 | 28 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 352 |
| Dysentery | 8 | 2 | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 23 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 14 | 45 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 96 |
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 11 |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 44 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 5 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 48 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | 509 | 324 | 207 | 122 | 67 | 61 | 48 | 44 | 45 | 17 | 31 | 24 | 1499 |