Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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Table II.— Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1915.
Notifiable Disease. | Number of cases notified. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | ||||||||
Under 1 | 1 and under 5 Years. | 5 and under 15 yrs. | 13 and under 25 yrs. | '25 and under 45 yrs. | 45 and under 65 yrs. | 65 and upwards. | |||
Smallpox | |||||||||
Cholera, Plague | |||||||||
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 105 | 1 | 22 | 69 | 11 | 2 | |||
Erysipelas | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | ||
Scarlet Fever | 231 | 47 | 157 | 16 | 10 | 1 | |||
Typhus Fever | |||||||||
Enteric Fever | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Relapsing Fever | |||||||||
Continued Fever | |||||||||
Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Opthal Neonatom | |||||||||
Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 45 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 2 | ||||
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
Totals | 422 | 1 | 72 | 242 | 49 | 42 | 14 | 2 |
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, etc. &c.