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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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SECTION A.— STATISTICS AND SOCIAL
CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Annual Report, 1937.
Ad). SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
A(1)a. General.
Area.—4,607 acres.
Population.—39,800 (Estimated 1938).
Density of population, i.e., number of persons per
acre.—8.638.
Number of inhabited houses.—10,937 (as per Rate Book).
Rateable value, 1938.—£303,052.
Sum produced by a penny rate, 1938.—<£1,196.
A (1 )b. Births.
| TOTAL. | Male. | Female. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 621 | 306 | 315 | |
| Illegitimate | 13 | 9 | ||
| 634 | 315 | 319 | ||
| Live birth rate per 1,000 of population (1938 estimated). —15.87. | ||||
| Corresponding rate for 1937—15.82. | ||||
| TOTAL. | Male. | Female. | ||
| Legitimate | 20 | 8 | 12 | |
| Illegitimate | 2 | |||
| 22 | 9 | 13 | ||
| Still Birth rate per 1,000 total births.—28.81. | ||||
A(1)c. Deaths.
Males 206. Females 184. Total 390.
Death rate per 1,000 of population (estimated 1938).—
9.799.
Corresponding rate for 1937.—10.852.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth—3.
Maternal Mortality per 1,000 total registered births—4.57.