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Orpington 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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Smallpox and Vaccination.
No cases of smallpox occurred in this area, neither were any
suspected contacts of this disease brought to the notice of the
department.
During the year, 377 International Certificates of Vaccination
passed through the hands of the department for purposes of
authenticating doctors' signatures.
The County Medical Officer informs me that a total of 903
residents in the Urban District received primary vaccination and
118 re-vaccination during 1958.
Tuberculosis.
The following is a copy of the recordings in the register at 31st December, 1958: —
| Respiratory. | Other Forms. | Total No. of cases. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| On Register at 1st Jan., 1958 | 498 | 429 | 69 | 76 | 1,072 |
| New cases notified during 1958 | 20 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 46 |
| Number of cases coming to knowledge after death | — | 2 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Restored to Register | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Inward Transfers | 20 | 28 | — | 2 | 50 |
| 539 | 483 | 72 | 79 | 1,173 | |
| Deletions, deaths, removals, recoveries, etc. | 32 | 31 | 1 | — | 64 |
| 507 | 452 | 71 | 79 | 1,109 | |
New Cases and Mortality, 1958.
| Age Groups | New Cases notified or otherwise revealed. (Not including Inward Transfers)* | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 5 | 2 | - | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| 5-14 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15-24 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25-44 | 7 | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 45-64 | 9 | 3 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| 65 and over | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Age unknown | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | |
| Inward Transfers | 20 | 28 | — | 2 | & | |||
| 41 | 50 | 2 | 3 | |||||