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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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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 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 29 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 5 |
| Enteritis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | 5 | 11 |
| Cerebral Spinal Meningitis | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Poliomyelitis | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 Age Unknown | 3 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 5 | 23 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Measles | 12 | 29 | 27 | 35 | 42 | 72 | 14 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 232 |
| Whooping Cough | 12 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 40 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 117 |
| Totals | 30 | 51 | 54 | 49 | 59 | 130 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 6 | — | 11 | 430 |