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Erith 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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SECTION C.—PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL
OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
C (1) Notifications.
The following table shows the total number of notifications during the year 1949.
| Disease | Total No. of cases notified | Cases admitted to infectious disease hospital | Total No. of Deaths among notified cases |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 116 | 73 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 147 | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 8 | 10* | — |
| Measles | 448 | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | — |
| Acute Pneumonia | 21 | 7 | — |
| Dysentery | 4 | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 7 | 1 | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | 2† | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 5 | 4 | — |
| Gastro Enteritis | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Total Cases | 760 | 101 | 1 |
*Two cases were admitted to Hospital as suspected Poliomyelitis
but the diagnosis was not confirmed.
fOne case of Cerebro-Spinal Fever was re-diagnosed on
admission.
One case of Gastro Enteritis originally notified in this
district was found to be living in an adjacent area and the
notification was transferred to that area.
One case originally diagnosed as Puerperal Pyrexia was
subsequently withdrawn.
Four cases originally notified as Diphtheria were subsequently
re-diagnosed, one as Glandular Fever, one as tonsilitis,
one as Vincents Angina, and one as Tuberculous Meningitis.
In the case which was re-diagnosed as tonsilitis, the fresh
diagnosis was not notified to the Health Department until
after the dispatch of the return to the Registrar General for the
September quarter of 1949.