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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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| Disease | Ward | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town | Old Church | Belvedere | N'th Heath | Abbey Wood | Bostall | ||
| Acute Pneumonia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 3 | 11 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (non-paralytic) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Measles | 69 | 82 | 116 | 115 | 96 | 136 | 614 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 7 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| Tuberculosis (Respiratory) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 34 |
| Tuberculosis (Non-Respiratory] | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 |
| Totals | 93 | 98 | 129 | 133 | 104 | 154 | 711 |