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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 1961
[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 | 3 | - | 2 | 6 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Measles | 135 | 84 | 125 | 105 | 206 | 128 | 783 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 7 |
| Tuberculosis (Respiratory) | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
| Tuberculosis (Non-Respiratory) | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | — | 2 | — | 11 | 3 | 18 |
| Totals | 151 | 88 | 136 | 114 | 221 | 139 | 849 |