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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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TABLE IV.
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1959. Sex and Age Distribution.
| 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. | |
| Measles | 768 | 802 | 19 | 12 | 151 | 144 | 190 | 190 | 385 | 419 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 6 | - | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| Whooping Cough | 19 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 52 | 54 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 42 | 8 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 842 | 892 | 22 | 14 | 160 | 150 | 198 | 202 | 426 | 473 | 23 | 29 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |
| 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. | |||||
| Pneumonia | 11 | 2 | 2 | —— | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | -— | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | — | ||
| Erysipelas | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | ||
| Food Poisoning | 19 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | ||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | ||
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 21 | 14 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | — | ||
| Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary) | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||
| 52 | 104 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 53 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 894 | 996 | |||||||||||||||||