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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| Diseases | Total | WARDS | Cases removed to Hospital | Attack 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 | 1847 | 160 | 383 | 106 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 31 | 203 | 241 | 190 | 6 | 99 | 13 | 84 | 136 | 148 | 11 | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 122 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 34 | 1 | 6 | — | 2 | 17 | 9 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 18 | — | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 43 | 14 | 4 | 8 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 7 | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Erysipelas | 6 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | 23 | — | 11 | — | — | 7 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | _ | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 29 | 2 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 2099 | 177 | 432 | 124 | 30 | 31 | 6 | 40 | 215 | 261 | 234 | 11 | 109 | 13 | 94 | 157 | 165 | 32 | — | 9 | — |
† Based on 1,000 total births and not population.
* Includes all forms of Pneumonia.