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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1971
| Notifiable Disease | Number of Cases Notified in Age Groups | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 35 | 35 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and Upwards | Age unknown | Total All ages | |||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Dysentery | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 7 |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 9 | 10 |
| Infective Jaundice | — | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 18 | 17 | ||
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 |
| Measles | 11 | 19 | 337 | 310 | 358 | 303 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 20 | 731 | 659 |
| Meningitis | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | 1 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 24 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 34 | 35 |
| Tuberculosis (Pul.) | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 25 | 13 |
| Tuberculosis (N.Pul.) | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 19 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 36 | 41 |
| Totals | 15 | 24 | 362 | 343 | 414 | 352 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 22 | 866 | 792 |