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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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TABLE V. Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1952. Sex and Age Distribution
| Disease | Totals | Under 1 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-24 | 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 | 66 | 57 | – | – | 7 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 48 | 37 | 2 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – |
| Whooping Cough | 71 | 89 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 24 | 36 | 41 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | – |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| (Non Paralytic) | 3 | 1 | – | – | — | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | — | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | 206 | 179 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 32 | 51 | 29 | 123 | 109 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 1 |
| Diphtheria | – | – | — | — | — | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | – | – | – | – |
| 347 | 327 | 4 | 4 | 49 | 55 | 74 | 62 | 209 | 188 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | – | 1 | |
| Under 5 | 5-14 | 15-44 | 45-64 | 65 and over | Age Unknown | |||||||||||||
| Acute Pneumonia | 20 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | – | – | ||||
| Dysentery | 3 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | – | ||||
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | – | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid fevers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Food Poisoning | 2 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | ||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Tuberculosis— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 59 | 49 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 36 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | ||||
| Non-Pulmonary | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Malaria | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 90 | 133 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 96 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 9 | – | – | |||||
| 437 | 460 | |||||||||||||||||