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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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TABLE X. Notifiable Diseases, 1949 (Civilian) Sex and Age Distribution
| Disease | Totals | 0- | 1- | 3- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 25 and over | Age Unknown | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Scarlet Fever | 60 | 79 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 35 | 48 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | - | - | ||
| Whooping Cough | 95 | 104 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 37 | 29 | 28 | 41 | 25 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Measles | 279 | 280 | 5 | 7 | 65 | 55 | 69 | 61 | 129 | 141 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 438 | 467 | 9 | 15 | 89 | 101 | 113 | 99 | 207 | 214 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 16 | - | 1 | |
| 0- | 5- | 15- | 45- | 65 and over | Age Unknown | |||||||||||||
| Acute Pneumonia | 18 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||||||
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Erysipelas | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | —. | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid fever; | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Food Poisoning | 6 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 9 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| Tuberculosis— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 57 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 41 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| N on-Pulmonary | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 93 | 99 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 75 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 5 | |||||||
| 531 | 566 | |||||||||||||||||