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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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SECTION B. PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
NOTIFICATION AND AGE DISTRIBUTION
The following table shows the age distribution of confirmed cases of Infectious Disease (other than Tuberculosis) notified during the year.
| Disease | Age Groups | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-24 | 25 & 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 | ||
| Acute Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Measles | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 44 | 28 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 192 |
| Whooping Cough | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 23 |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Totals | 4 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 55 | 36 | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 237 |