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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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B (1)e 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 | ||
| Acute Pneumonia | 4 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 35 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 4 |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 5 |
| Erysipelas | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | 1 | — | — | - | 3 | 5 |
| Gastro Enteritis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Measles | 39 | 34 | 37 | 41 | 49 | 130 | 330 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 43 | 19 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 45 | 160 |
| Whooping Cough | 48 | 30 | 28 | 49 | 16 | 211 | |
| Totals | 138 | 96 | 97 | 109 | 116 | 208 | 764 |