London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1941
[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 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — , | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 15 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 18 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 41 |
| Pneumococcal M. | — - | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal M. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Ophthalmia N. | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | 1 | |
| Para-Typhoid | — | —— | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | a |
| Typhoid | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 4 |
| Totals | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 92 |