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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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TABLE III
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1964 Sex and Age Distribution
| Disease | Totals | Under 1 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 5-9 | 10 - 14 | 15 - 24 | 25 and over | Age Unknown | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | -M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
| Measles | 198 | 229 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 47 | 53 | 60 | 94 | 103 | 3 | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 7 |
| Whooping Cough | 26 | 35 | - | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | 9 | - | - | - | l | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 230 | 279 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 5 | 63 | 70 | 108 | 132 | 6 | 12 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| 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 | l 7 | 12 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | - | - | ||
| Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| Food Poisoning | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
| Ophthalmia T' eonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Tuberc xLosif (Pulmonary) | 12 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | ||
| Tuberc olosis (Non-Pulmonary) | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 29 | 56 | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | - | 2 | |||
| |259 | 335 | |||||||||||||||||