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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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B (l)a Age Distribution
The following table shows the age distribution of cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year
Age Groups
| Disease | under 1 year | 1-2 | 3-4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65 & over | Age not known | Totals | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Scarlet Fever | - | — | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 24 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 59 |
| Whooping Cough Acute Poliomyelitis | 3 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 125 |
| Non-Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Paralytic | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | - | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | 6 |
| Measles | 4 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 44 | 37 | 58 | 59 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | - | 261 |
| Acute Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 | 1 | 9 | 2 | — | 2 | — | - | 35 |
| Dysentery Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Post Infectious | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Erysipelas Ophthalmia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Neonatorum | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Totals | 10 | 12 | 51 | 51 | 72 | 57 | 96 | 106 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 495 |