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 1961
[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 | 948 | 899 | 20 | 12 | 180 | 172 | 263 | 262 | 444 | 416 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 |
| Whooping Cough | 66 | 56 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 26 | 32 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 12 | 6 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7 | 6 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1032 | 963 | 28 | 17 | 192 | 179 | 282 | 272 | 480 | 454 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | |
| 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 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | ||
| Erysipelas | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | ||
| Food Poisoning | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 16 | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | ||
| Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 49 | 55 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 5 | — | 1 | |||
| 1081 | 1018 | |||||||||||||||||