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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 1939
[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 | Groups | Totals | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 45 | 65 | over 65 | ||
| Diphtheria | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 14 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | 2 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 28 | 95 | 45 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | — | 231 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | — | 4 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 32 |
| Puerperal P | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 6 |
| Oph. Neon. | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Poliomye'is Acute | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Paratyphoid 'B ' | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Totals | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 32 | 97 | 50 | 1G | 19 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 294 |