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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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B (l)a Age Distribution
| Disease | Age Groups | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5—9 | 10—14 | 15—24 | 25 & 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 | - | 1 | - | 5 | 4 | - | - | 11 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (non-Paralytic) | - | - | - | -_ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | ||
| Measles | 12 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 35 | 39 | 49 | 38 | 38 | 36 | 153 | 146 | 1 | 2 | i | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 614 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 6 | - | - | 11 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 |
| Totals | 12 | 6 | 26 | 31 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 40 | 42 | 42 | 159 | 153 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 12 | - | - | 676 |