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Erith 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]

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Table II. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1919.

Notifiable Disease.Number of cases notified.Total cases removed to Hospital.
At Ages—Years.At all Ages.
Under1 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.
Diphtheria1018213130
Erysipelas111519
Scarlet Fever113477517466
Enteric Fever222
Puerperal Fever22
Measles73145612361
Ophthalmia Neonatorum99
Pneumonia and Influenzal Pneumonia12116144543
Malaria156
Acute Poliomyelitis11
Cerebrospinal Meningitis111
Tuberculosis: —
Pulmonary11225416186
Other forms162224136
Totals241062595077146536100

Isolation Hospital or Hospitals, Sanatoria, &c.
Erith Sanatorium, various London General Hospitals and Special
Hospitals, Sanatoria at Bromley, &c.
Joyce Green M.A.B. Hospital, Dartford.