London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1960
[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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Measles | 70 | 69 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 19 | 37 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 20 | 19 | 1 | — | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | — | — | 1 | - | 2 | _ | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 61 | 51 | — | — | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 35 | 33 | 6 | 5 | — | — | — | _ | 1 | _ |
| Dysentery | 31 | 30 | 1 | — | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | _ | _ |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Meningoccal Infection | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 183 | 169 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 37 | 35 | 93 | 83 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | |
| 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 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | ||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |||
| Food Poisoning | 34 | 40 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | - | - | ||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | _ | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 14 | 12 | - | — | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary) | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 56 | 76 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 2 | - | |||
| 239 | 245 | |||||||||||||||||