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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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Table showing Birth.rate, Death.rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the year 1935.
Provisional figures. The mortality rates for England and Wales refer to the whole population, but for London and
the towns to civilians only
| Kate per 1,000 total population | Annual Death.rate per 1,000 population | Rate per 1,000 Live Births | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Still Births | All Causes | Enteric Fever | Small.pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Violence | Influenza | Diarrhoea & Enteritis (under Two years) | Total Deaths under one year | |
| England and Wales | 14.7 | 0.62 | 11.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.52 | 0.18 | 57 | 57 |
| 121 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 14.8 | 068 | 11.8 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.47 | 0.12 | 7.9 | 62 |
| 135 smaller towns (1931) adjusted populations 25,000—50,000 | 14 8 | 0.64 | 11.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.41 | 0 17 | 3.8 | 55 |
| London | 133 | 0.52 | 11.4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.51 | 0.1 I | 11.2 | 58 |
| Erith (Estimated population 35,760) | 14.6 | 0.5 | 10.06 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0 42 | 0.05 | 9.5 | 40 |