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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 1963
[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 | 1 | 3 |
| Dysentery | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Measles | 85 | 100 | 102 | 61 | 52 | 83 | 483 |
| Whooping Cough | — | — | 2 | — | — | 4 | 6 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | - | — | — | 1 | — | - | 1 |
| Tuberculosis (Respiratory) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| Tuberculosis (Non-Respiratory) | — | — | — | 1 | _ | 2 | 3 |
| Totals | 95 | 103 | 111 | 70 | 61 | 103 | 543 |