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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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ACE DISTRIBUTION.
Age Distribution.
This second table shows in detail the age distribution of the notified diseases mentioned previously:—
| Disease | Age Groups | Totals | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 45 | 65 | over 65 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | 1 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 80 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Enteritis | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —- | — | ||
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | — | 15 |
| Cerebral Spinal Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6 |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | 18 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Measles | 7 | 21 | 40 | 36 | 45 | 119 | 10 | 7 | 5 | — | — | — | 3 | 293 |
| Whooping Cough | 10 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 31 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 79 | ||
| Polio Encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Totals | 24 | 30 | 47 | 55 | 65 | 207 | 23 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 503 |