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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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Table I.—Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1920 and previous years.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births. | Ttl. Deaths registrd. in the Distr't. | 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 Agre | |||||
| Number | Rate. | |||||||||||
| No. | Rate per 1000 nett Births | No. | Rate | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1915 | 35,232 | 724 | 738 | 20.94 | 305 | 8.65 | 5 | 78 | 54 | 73.17 | 373 | 10.58 |
| 1916 | 807 | 807 | 21.71 | 307 | 8.48 | 21 | 95 | 48 | 58.04 | 381 | 10.88 | |
| 1917 | 695 | 734 | 19.87 | 256 | 7.72 | 10 | 102 | 59 | 80.38 | 348 | 10.50 | |
| 1918 | 620 | 660 | 17 98 | 334 | 10.19 | 6 | 104 | 50 | 75.75 | 432 | 13.18 | |
| 1919 | 597 | 670 | 21.07 | 249 | 8.12 | 8 | 86 | 38 | 56.71 | 327 | 10.71 | |
| .. | ||||||||||||
| 1920 | 31,741 | 795 | 813 | 25.61 | 226 | 7.1 | 5 | 85 | 50 | 61.5 | 306 | 9.64 |
(a) Population including non-civilian population belonging to the District used
for calculating Birth rate).
(b) Civilian population only (for all rates except the Birth rate).
Area of District in Acres 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
of 1911.