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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 1960
[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 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Dysentery | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Measles | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 8 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | 15 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | — | 18 |
| Tuberculosis (Respiratory) | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 38 |
| Tuberculosis (Non-Respiratory) | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Whooping Cough | 9 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 43 |
| Totals | 35 | 14 | 19 | 35 | 14 | 18 | 135 |