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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 V.
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1959. Ward Distribution. Attack and Mortality Rates.
| Diseases | Total | WARDS | Cases removed to Hospital | Attack rate per 1,000 population | No. of Deaths | Death rate per 1,000 population | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biggin Hill | Crofton South | Crofton North | Chelsfield | Cudham | Downe | Farnborough | Green-Street-Green | Goddington South | Goddington North | Knockholt | Knoll | Leaves Green | Petts Wood | Poverest | St. Mary Cray | ||||||
| Measles | 1570 | 21 | 267 | 94 | 1 | 9 | 14 | ?6 | 132 | 211 | 241 | 14 | 101 | 5 | 39 | 104 | 291 | 9 | 21.04 | 1 | 0.01 |
| Whooping Cough | 50 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 7 | 9 | - | 7 | - | 2 | 5 | - | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0.67 | — | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 106 | 3 | 17 | 17 | — | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 1.42 | — | — | |
| Pneumonia | 13 | 2 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | 3 | — | 3 | 4 | 0.17* | 65 | 0.87 |
| Dysentery | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 0.05 | — | — | |
| Erysipelas | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0.04 | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | 38 | 1 | 21 | — | — | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 4 | — | 3 | 0.50 | 1 | 0.01 |
| Poliomvelitis (Paralytic) | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 0.03 | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | 2 | - | — | — | - | 3 | — | —— | _ | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 0.03 | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 60 | - | — | — | 1 | — | — | 56 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 58 | 42.58† | — | — |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 35 | 1 | 3 | 3 | _ | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 0.47 | 3 | 0.04 |
| Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary) | 7 | - | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0.09 | 1 | 0.01 |
| Totals | 1890 | 31 314 | 120 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 95 | 154 | 236 | 261 | 20 | 115 | 10 | 54 | 124 | 316 | 117 | 25.33 | 71 | 0.95 | |
† Based on 1,000 total births and not population.
* Includes all forms of Pneumonia.