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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 1915
[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. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.