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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 1962
[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 | — | - | 2 |
| Dysentery | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 7 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | 1 | — | - | — | 2 |
| Measles | 19 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 84 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 12 | — | — | — | - | - | 12 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 7 |
| Tuberculosis (Respiratory) | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Tuberculosis (Non-Respiratory) | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| Totals | 38 | 21 | 25 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 131 |