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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
Bromley 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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SECTION F. PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND OTHER DISEASES.
SECTION F. PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND OTHER DISEASES. The following table gives numbers of cases of infectious diseases notified with age. groups, during 1941:-
| Disease | Total mcases notified | Admitted to Hospital | Age Groups | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65 & over | |||
| Diphtheria | 31 | 31 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 31 | 15 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 7 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 13 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 5 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | |
| Dysentery | 5 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Typhoid | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | — | - | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 3 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 645 | 13 | 5 | 30 | 50 | 62 | 77 | 366 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 159 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 24 | 64 | 5 | - | 2 | — | — | - |
| Totals | 1020 | 175 | 15 | 39 | 79 | 102 | 112 | 499 | 62 | 31 | 39 | 19 | 14 | 9 |