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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 1958
[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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
| 37 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | — | 2 | — | - | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Whooping Cough | 68 | 84 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 24 | 37 | 33 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 16 | 13 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 124 | 135 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 26 | 22 | 37 | 61 | 56 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | 2 | — | |
| Under 5 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65 and over | Age Unknown | ||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||||
| Erysipelas | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||||||
| Food Poisoning | 36 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 5 | — | 2 | 5 | 12 | 3 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | |||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | ||
| Paratyphoid | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Pneumonia | 18 | 15 | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | — | ||
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 20 | 23 | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||
| Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary) | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 78 | 161 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 10 | — | 37 | 17 | 82 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 202 | 296 | |||||||||||||||||