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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 1918
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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Table II.—Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1918.
| 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) | 20 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 18 | |||
| Erysipelas | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 68 | 1 | 13 | 48 | 4 | 2 | 57 | ||
| Typhus Fever | |||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Relapsing Fever | |||||||||
| Continued Fever | |||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Cerebrospinal Meningitis Poliomyelitis | |||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 58 | 3 | 19 | 33 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 15 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ] | ||
| Measles | 194 | 6 | 89 | 93 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| German Measles | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 380 | 13 | 115 | 168 | 35 | 42 | 4 | 3 | 81 |
Isolation Hospital or Hospitals, Sanatoria, etc.
Erith Sanatorium, Bow Arrow Hospital, Dartford, various London
General Hospitals and Special Hospitals, Sanatoria at Bromley,
Joyce Green M.A.B. Hospital, Dartford.