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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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| Disease | Ward | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town | Old Church | Belvedere | N'th Heath | Abbey Wood | Bostall | ||
| Acute Pneumonia | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 6 |
| Dysentery | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Measles | 25 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 37 | 37 | 160 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 15 |
| Scarlet Fever | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 32 |
| Tuberculosis (Respiratory) | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 33 |
| Tuberculosis (Non-Respiratory) | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 4 |
| Whooping Cough | 10 | 16 | 37 | 8 | 44 | 15 | 130 |
| Totals | 62 | 38 | 69 | 58 | 95 | 63 | 385 |