London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
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]
This page requires JavaScript
| Disease | Jan. | Feb. | March | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 74 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 16 | 37 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 27 | 22 | — | — | 152 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 29 | |
| Pneumonia | 20 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 33 | |
| Erysipelas | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 4 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 65 |
| Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | —— | ||
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 14 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 87 | ||
| Paratyphoid | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6 |
| Ophthalmia Neoratorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | l |
| Totals | 44 | 42 | 70 | 39 | 18 | 40 | 73 | 51 | 39 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 452 |