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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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| Disease. | Totals. | Under 1 | 1—2 | 3—4 | 5-9 | 10—14 | 15—24 | 25 and over. | Age unknown | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Scarlet Fever | 56 | 55 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 144 | 172 | 13 | 11 | 38 | 37 | 31 | 56 | 59 | 59 | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 262 | 253 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 38 | 51 | 45 | 163 | 153 | 3 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 462 | 481 | 18 | 17 | 72 | 77 | 91 | 1ll | 262 | 227 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 2 | — | 5 | 8 | 6 | |
| Under 5 | 5—14 | 15—44 | 45— | 65 and over. | Age unknown | |||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||||||
| Acute Pneumonia | 30 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Dysentery | 3 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Encephalitis | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Erysipelas | 2 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Meningococcal Infection | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Typhoid and Para-Typhoid Fever | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Food Poisoning | 5 | 8 | — | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | 92 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Tuberculosis (Pulm.) | 28 | 16 | — | — | — | 1 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary) | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 73 | 154 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 30 | 116 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 535 | 635 | |||||||||||||||||