London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1957
[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 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 37 | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Dysentery | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Erysipelas | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Measles | 124 | 97 | 121 | 117 | 53 | 100 | 612 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| Tuberculosis (Respiratory) | 6 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 51 |
| Tuberculosis (Non-Respiratory] | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 24 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 158 |
| Totals | 167 | 146 | 168 | 163 | 99 | 144 | 887 |