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Erith 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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Table IV. shows the causes of' deaths of children from
birth to 1 year of age. Sixteen deaths, or over 27 per
cent, took place during the first week of life, while 28, or
47 per cent occurred during the first month.
Fourteen deaths were due to premature birth, and of
these 8 occurred in the first week, and 13 in the first
month; three were due to congenital malformations; and
12 to Debility or Marasmus, of these 5 occurred during
the first month of life.
Diarrhœa was the cause of 5 deaths, as compared
with 3 in the previous year.
With the adoption of the Notification of Births Act,
and the appointment of a Health Visitor, I hope that we
shall find in future years a reduction of the infantile mortality
rate.
The sanitary conditions of the District are all favourable,
we have no slums, no back-to-back houses, plenty
of open spaces and fresh air, there are no industries employing
female labour to any large extent, and work being
plentiful in the District, there is little or no poverty due
to unemployment.
Table I.—Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1913 and previous years.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births. | Ttl. Deaths registrd. in | Transferable Deaths'. | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected Number. | Nett. | Number. | Rate. | of Non-residents registered in the District. | of Resid'ts not registered in the District-. | Under 1 year of age. | At all Ages. | |||||
| N'mber. | Rate. | |||||||||||
| No. | Rate per 1000 nett Births. | No. | Rate | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1908 | 27,076 | 750 | 245 | 9.04 | 4 | 60 | ||||||
| 1909 | 27,321 | 731 | 258 | 9.44 | 6 | 57 | ||||||
| 1910 | 27,566 | 691 | 233 | 8.45 | 10 | 49 | ||||||
| 1911 | 27,811 | 700 | 715 | 25.70 | 214 | 7.69 | 5 | 58 | 50 | 69.93 | 267 | 9.60 |
| 1912 | 28,073 | 653 | 664 | 23.65 | 266 | 9.47 | 8 | 76 | 46 | 69.27 | 334 | 11.89 |
| 1913 | 30,100 | 758 | 771 | 25.61 | 235 | 7.8 | 10 | 71 | 59 | 76.52 | 296 | 9.83 |
Area of District in Acres (land and inland water) 3859.513
Total Population at all Ages 27,750
Number of Inhabited Houses 5,129
Average Number of Persons per House 5.41
At
Census
1911.