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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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| Disease | Age Groups | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1—2 | 3—4 | 5—9 | 10—14 | 15—24 | 25—44 | 45—64 | 65 & over | Age not known | Totals | |||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Acute Pneumonia | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 29 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Food poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Measles | 12 | 11 | 80 | 91 | 131 | 118 | 251 | 268 | 1 | 5 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | — | 1 | 1 | 975 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 54 |
| Totals | 17 | 13 | 84 | 102 | 143 | 127 | 269 | 287 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1092 |