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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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Below is given a table showing the Infant Mortality rates
at five yearly intervals 1920-1945 and for the years 1946, 1947,
1948, 1949 and 1950.
Below is given a table showing the infant mortality rates at five yearly 1920-1945 and for the years 1946,1947,1948, 1949 and 1950.
| Year | Erith | England and wales |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 60 -5 | 83 |
| 1925 | 56 -48 | 75 |
| 1930 | 65 -6 | 60 |
| 1935 | 40 -00 | 39 |
| 1940 | 37-17 | 55 |
| 1945 | 39 -61 | 46 |
| 1946 | 32-3 | 43 |
| 1947 | 33 -7 | 41 |
| 1948 | 22-8 | 34 |
| 1949 | 23 -9 | 32 |
| 1950 | 20 -0 | 29-8 |
SECTION B.—PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL
OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
B (1) Notifications.
B (1) Notifications.
| Disease | Total No. of cases notified | Cases admitted to infectious disease hospital | Total No. of Deaths among notified cases |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 59 | 38 | _ |
| Whooping Cough Acute Poliomyelitis | 125 | 2 | — |
| Non-Paralytic | 1 | 1 | — |
| Paralytic | 6 | 5 | — |
| Measles | 261 | — | — |
| Acute Pneumonia | 35 | 13 | 1 |
| Dysentery Acute Encephalitis | 2 | 2 | — |
| Post Infectious | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Erysipelas Ophthalmia | 2 | - | - |
| Neonatorum | 3 | 1 | - |
| Total | 495 | 63 | 2 |
Three cases notified as Scarlet Fever were subsequently
rediagnosed on admission to hospital, 1 as sulpha rash, 1 as
tonsilitis, and 1 as toxic erythema.
One case admitted to hospital as a queried Diphtheria was
finally diagnosed as tonsilitis.
Two cases thought to be food poisoning proved on subsequent
investigation not to be so.
Diagnosis was not confirmed in two cases admitted to
hospital as query meningococcal infection.