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Erith 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]

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(7) Workshops, Workplaces, &c.
There are 95 Workshops and Workplaces on the
Register, which is required to be kept by the Local
Authority, but of these a number are "Domestic"
Workshops where only members of the family are
employed. These have all been inspected during the
year, and notices were served in 6 cases. These were all
complied with. Five lists of "Outworkers" were
received from other Local Authorities, but none from
employers in the district. The premises occupied by
these outworkers were inspected and found satisfactory.
C.—Prevalence of and Control over Infectious
Diseases.
There were 536 cases of Infectious Disease notified
during 1919, viz.: Measles 236, Pulmonary Tuberculosis
86, other forms of Tuberculosis 36, Scarlet Fever 74,
Diphtheria 31, Erysipelas 9, Enteric Fever 2, Puerperal
Fever 2, Ophthalmia Neonatorum 9, Pneumonia and
Influenzal Pneumonia) 43, Malaria 6, Acute Poliomyelitis
1, and Cerebro Spinal Fever 1,

Table: Comparative returns of Infectious Diseases notified during past 10 years (not including Tuberculosis) :—

Comparative returns of Infectious Diseases notified during past 10 years (not including Tuberculosis) :—

Disease.1910191119121913191419151916191719181919
Diphtheria:3235423886105118552031
MeaslesNotNotifiable.131616207236
German Measles
Erysipelas20192111721151349
Scarlet Fever1299968115307231182356874
Enteric Fever357102234732
Continued Fever1
Puerperal Fever12221212
Ophthalmia Neonatorum4549
Poliomyelitis111
Cerebro Spinal Fever141
MalariaNotNotifiable.6
Pneumonia & Inrtuenzal PneumoniaNotNotifiable.43
185159141176425366454733307414