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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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C. 2. b. AGS DISTRIBUTION.
This second table shows, in detail, the age distribution of the notified infectious diseases mentioned:-
| Disease. | Age Groups. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 45 | 65 | Over 65 | Total. | |
| Scarlet Fever | - | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 45 | 8 | — | 9 | 1 | — | — | 101 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 9 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 4 | - | 3 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 44 |
| Enteritis & Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Infan: Paralysis | - | - | - | l | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cerebro Spinal Men: | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Gastro Enteritis | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Dysentery | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | — | - | - | 9 |
| Whooping Cough | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 43 |
| Measles | 10 | 17 | 19 | 26 | 37 | 67 | 53 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 239 |
| TOTALS | 26 | 28 | 34 | 46 | 57 | 85 | 112 | 25 | - | 18 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 472 |