Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 |