Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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TABLE II.
Vital Statistics of separate Localities in 1905 and previous
years.
Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births Registered. | Deaths at all Ages. | Deaths under 1 year. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1895 | 16,000 | 506 | 186 | 64 |
1896 | 16,500 | 531 | 198 | 77 |
1897 | 17,000 | 554 | 209 | 70 |
] 898 | 19,824 | 673 | 362 | 135 |
1899 | 20,887 | 782 | 307 | 110 |
1900 | 24,166 | 851 | 330 | 120 |
1901 | 25,296 | 992 | 334 | 141 |
1902 | 25,296 | 943 | 326 | 98 |
1903 | 26,895 | 1.047 | 278 | 98 |
1904 | 27,582 | 916 | 316 | 121 |
Averages of Years 1895 to 1904. | 219,44 6 | 779.5 | 284.6 | 103.4 |
1905 | 29,700 | 900 | 281 | 80 |
TABLE III.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in whole District. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages. | At Ages. Years. | |||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards | |||
Small-pox | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
Diphtheria | 59 | 2 | 19 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 36 | |
Membranous croup | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Erysipelas | 29 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 2 | |||
Scarlet Fever | 163 | 2 | 63 | 87 | 9 | 2 | 106 | |
Enteric Fever | 15 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||
Totals | 269 | 4 | 84 | 122 | 18 | 39 | 2 | 149 |