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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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Table II.—Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1913.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of cases notified. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | ||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 yrs. | 15 and under 25 yrs. | 25 and under 45 yrs. | .45 and under 65 yrs. | 65 and upwards. | |||
| Smallpox | |||||||||
| Cholera, Plague | |||||||||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 38 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 34 | ||||
| Erysipelas | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 115 | 2 | 26 | 79 | 5 | 3 | 106 | ||
| Typhus Fever | |||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| Relapsing Fever | |||||||||
| Continued Fever | |||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Poliomyelitis | |||||||||
| Cerebrospinal Meningitis | |||||||||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 63 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 13 | 1 | |||
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 17 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 14 | |||
| Totals | 256 | 4 | 44 | 126 | 26 | 37 | 18 | 1 | 161 |
Isolation Hospital or Hospitals, Sanatoria, &c.
Erith Sanatorium for Infectious Diseases, Bow Arrow Hospital, Dartford,
various London General Hospitals and Special Hospitals, Sanatoria
at Bromley, &c., &c.