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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)b WARD DISTRIBUTION
Number of cases of Infectious Disease notified in each ward in the Borough.
B(1)b WARD DISTRIBUTION
Number of cases of infectious Dieases notified in each ward in the Borough.
| Disease | Ward | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town | Old Church | Belvedere | North Heath | Abbey Wood | Bostall | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 12 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 59 |
| Whooping Cough | 25 | 22 | 17 | 30 | 10 | 21 | 125 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 3 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Measles | 35 | 47 | 44 | 68 | 24 | 43 | 261 |
| Acute Pneumonia | 3 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 35 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| Erysipelas | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| Acute Encephalitis, Post Infectious | - | — | 1 | - | — | — | 1 |
| Totals | 79 | 94 | 68 | 126 | 43 | 85 | 495 |