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Orpington 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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45.
TYPHOID AND PARATYPHOID FEVER
No cases were notified during 1964.
WHOOPING COUGH
Sixty-one cases were notified during the year, as against thirty-five
in the previous year, One case was admitted to hospital. No deaths
from this disease were recorded.
The County Medical Officer informs me that 1,258 children
received Whooping Cough Immunisation (singly or in combination) during
the year,
OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASE
In addition to those previously mentioned, notifications were
received as under:—
Erysipelas 4
Puerperal Pyrexia 33