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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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B (l)b WARD DISTRIBUTION Number of cases of Infectious Disease notified in each ward in the Borough.
| Disease | Ward | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town | Old Church | Belvedere | North Heath | Abbey Wood | Bostall | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 45 |
| Whooping Cough | 32 | 42 | 24 | 29 | 13 | 33 | 173 |
| Measles | 215 | 123 | 139 | 134 | 123 | 273 | 1,007 |
| Acute Pneumonia | 7 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 40 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Acute Encephalitis | |||||||
| Infective | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Post Infectious | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Paratyphoid | — | — | - | — | 3 | — | 3 |
| Meningococcal Infection | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Gastro Enteritis | — | — | — | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Totals | 259 | 186 | 177 | 191 | 153 | 319 | 1,285 |