Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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C (2) a. Notifications.
The following table shows the total number of notitica-cions during the year 1948.
Disease | Total No. of cases notified | Cases admitted to infectious disease hospital | Total No. of Death |
---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 89 | 36 | — |
Whooping Cough | 198 | 4 | 2 |
Acute Poliomyelitis | 3 | 3 | — |
Measles | 434 | 3 | 1 |
Acute Pneumonia | 26 | 9 | 12 |
Dysentery | 2 | 2 | — |
Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 1 | 1 | — |
Erysipelas | 9 | 1 | — |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 6 | 6 | — |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — |
Malaria (Cont. in England & Wales) | 1 | ||
Gastro Enteritis | 7 | 7 | 1 |
Total of all cases | 777 | 73 | 16 |