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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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TABLE I.
Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1907 and previous years.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Net Deaths at all Ages belonging to theDistrict. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate* | Under I year of age. | At all Ages. | Number. | Rate* | |||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate* | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | I 2 | 13 |
| 1897 | I 7,000 | 554 | 32.58 | 90 | 126.35 | 218 | 12.82 | 9 | 209 | 12.30 | ||
| 1898 | 19,824 | 673 | 32.95 | 135 | 200.59 | 369 | 1861 | 7 | 362 | 18.26 | ||
| 1899 | 20,887 | 782 | 37.43 | 110 | 1 40.66 | 320 | 15.33 | 13 | 307 | 14.69 | ||
| 1900 | 24,166 | 851 | 35.21 | 120 | 141.01 | 339 | 14.03 | 9 | 330 | 13. 65 | ||
| 1901 | 25,296 | 992 | 39.26 | 141 | 141. 12 | 348 | 13.70 | 14 | 334 | 13.20 | ||
| 1902 | 25,296 | 943 | 37.27 | 98 | 103.92 | 30 6 | 12.09 | 11 | 11 | 326 | ||
| 1903 | 26,895 | 1047 | 38.93 | 98 | 93.60 | 286 | 1063 | 8 | 8 | 278 | ||
| 1904 | 27,585 | 916 | 33.21 | 121 | 132.09 | 326 | 11.81 | 18 | 10 | 316 | 11.45 | |
| 1905 | 29,700 | 900 | 30.3° | 80 | 88.8o | 285 | 9.59 | 16 | 4 | 281 | 9.46 | |
| 1906 | 30,331 | 911 | 30.03 | 78 | 85.62 | 280 | 9.23 | 21 | 7 | 273 | 9.00 | |
| Averages for years 1897-1906 | 24,697.7 | 856.9 | 34.69 | 105.1. | 122.65 | 307.7 | 12.45 | I 2.6 | 301.6 | 12.61 | ||
| 1907 | 28,481 | 852 | 29.91 | 71 | 8450 | 215 | 7.54 | 23 | 13 | 202 | 7.09 | |
| *Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of the estimated population. | ||||||||||||
Total population at all ages 25,296
Number of Inhabited Houses 4,291 At Census
Average number of Persons per House 5.89 of 1901.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water) 3,859.513
I.
Institutions within the District
receiving Sick and Infirm Persons
from outside the District.
II.
Institutions outside the District
receiving Sick and Infirm Persons
from the District.
III.
Other Institutions, the deaths in which
have been distributed among the
several localities in the District.
Royal Alfred Institution for
Aged Merchant Seamen.
Erith Cottage Hospital.
Dartford Union Infirmary.
Erith Sanatorium, Little Heath,
for Infectious Diseases.