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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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Enteric Fever.
Three cases were notified during the year, all were
removed to hospital, and recovered. One proved to be a
case of Paratyphoid B.
Measles.
This was not notifiable, and there was no great prevalence
of the disease at any time.
Chicken Pox.
This was notifiable for 3 months, and during that
period 48 cases were notified.
Malaria.
Five cases only were notified, all in demobilised
soldiers, and contracted abroad.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Three cases only were notified as compared with 9
in 1919.
They were all visited and kept under observation,
in no case was there any permanent injury to vision.
Tuberculosis.
The number of notifications of fresh cases of this
disease during 1920 was 65, viz.: —47 pulmonary, and
18 of other forms, as compared with 122 (86 pulmonary
and 36 other forms in 1919.
The following table shows the number of cases of Tuberculosis notified each year since 1913 when notification was made compulsory.
| 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|