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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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| Disease | Total No. of cases notified | Cases admitted to infectious disease hospital | Total No. of Deaths among notified cases |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acute Pneumonia | 54 | 31 | 2 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | |||
| (Paralytic) | 3 | 3 | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | |||
| (Non-Paralytic) | 6 | 6 | — |
| Acute Encephalitis | |||
| (Infective) | 1 | 1 | — |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 2 | — |
| Malaria | 2 | 2 | — |
| Measles | 381 | 3 | — |
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | 1 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 2 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 111 | 20 | - |
| Whooping Cough. | 167 | 1 | - |
| Total | 737 | 73 | 2 |
3 cases notified as acute poliomyelitis non-paralytic, were
subsequently rediagnosed as follows :—
1 as acute poliomyelitis paralytic
1 as acute meningo encephalitis
1 as non-infectious.
1 case of acute poliomyelitis was rediagnosed as acute
primary pneumonia, and 1 case was rediagnosed as noninfectious.
The case notified as diphtheria proved not to be so.