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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
Erith 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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This second table shows, in detail, the age distribution of the notified infectious diseases mentioned above:—
| Disease | Age Groups | Totals | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 45 | 65 | over 65 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | – | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | 68 |
| Tubercular Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 2 | – | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | – | 5 | 7 | 13 | – | 4 | 47 |
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 5 | 1 | – | 4 | 11 |
| Diphtheria | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| Cerebral Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | |
| Measles | 11 | 28 | 45 | 61 | 66 | 129 | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 348 |
| Para-Typhoid | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Enteritis | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Dysentery | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 14 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | – | – | 52 |
| Totals | 21 | 37 | 58 | 75 | 89 | 191 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 23 | – | 9 | 551 |