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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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| Disease | Ward | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town | Old Church | Belvedere | N'th Heath | Abbey Wood | Bostall | ||
| Acute Pneumonia | - | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 21 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | - | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Non-paralytic) | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 |
| Dysentery | 1 | - | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Measles | 1 | — | 17 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 26 |
| Meningococcal Infection | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Paratyphoid | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| Tuberculosis (Respiratory) | 14 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 64 |
| Tuberculosis (Non-Respiratory) | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 |
| Whooping Cough | 23 | 12 | 39 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 120 |
| T otals | 45 | 49 | 76 | 34 | 39 | 32 | 275 |