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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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| Disease | Ward | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town | Old Church | Belvedere | North Heath | Abbey Wood | Bostall | ||
| Acute Pneumonia | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | |||||||
| (Non-Paralytic) | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 |
| Food Poisoning | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Gastroenteritis | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Measles | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Scarlet Fever | 8 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 37 |
| Whooping Cough | 77 | 38 | 51 | 65 | 27 | 35 | 293 |
| Totals | 90 | 54 | 58 | 77 | 33 | 50 | 362 |