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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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C(2)b. Age Distribution.
This second table shows, in detail, the age distribution of the notified infectious diseases mentioned above: —
| Disease | Age Groups | Totals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 45 | 65 | over 65 | |||
| Diphtheria | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 37 | |
| Scarlet Fever | — | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 7 | 4 | — | 3 | — | _ | — | 61 | |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 6 | - | 2 | 17 | |
| Pneumonia | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 42 | |
| Puerperal P. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Puerperal F. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | |
| Oph. Neon. | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Poliomye'is Acute | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Paratyphoid 'B' | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | |
| Totals | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 46 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 169 | |