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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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AGE DISTRIBUTION.
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Age Distribution.
The following table shows the age distribution of cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year.
| Disease | Age Groups | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| under 1 year | 1-3 | 3-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65 & over | Age not known | T otals | |
| Scarlet Fever | - | 7 | 21 | 45 | 12 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 89 |
| Whooping Cough | 20 | 46 | 52 | 73 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 198 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Measles | 21 | 103 | 117 | 180 | 5 | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | 434 |
| Acute Pneumonia | 10 | - | - | 4 | - | 3 | - | 5 | 3 | 1 | 26 |
| Dysentery | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 6 | 1 | - | 9 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 6 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Malaria (Contracted in England & Wales) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Gastro Enteritis | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | |
| Totals | 60 | 158 | 191 | 307 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 777 |