Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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England and Wales | 126 County Boro's & Great towns including London | 148 smaller towns (Resident population 25,000. 50,000 at 1931 census) | London Administrative County | Borough of Erith | |
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Rates per 1,000 Home Population | |||||
Live births | 15.5 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 14.25 |
Still births | 0.36 | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.33 |
All causes | 12.5 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 12.4 |
Typhoid and Para.Typhoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 00 |
Whooping Cough | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Tuberculosis | 0.31 | 0.37 | 0.31 | 0.38 | 0.30 |
Influenza | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.23 | 0.41 |
Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 00 | 0.00 |
Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis) | 0 00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 00 | 0 00 |
Pneumonia | 0.61 | 0.65 | 0.63 | 0.61 | 0.74 |
Rates per 1,000 Live Births | |||||
All causes under 1 year of age | 29 .6(a) | 33.9 | 27 .6 | 26 .4 | 34.8 |
-1 --- Rates per 1,000 Home Population. | |||||
(Corrected) Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Para-Typhoid Fever | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.07 |
Meningococcal Infection | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
Scarlet Fever | 1.11 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.10 | 0.98 |
Whooping Cough | 3.87 | 3.62 | 4.00 | 3.11 | 3.76 |
Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.11 |
Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Measles | 14.07 | 13.93 | 14.82 | 14.64 | 21.89 |
Pneumonia | 0.99 | 1.04 | 0.96 | 0.72 | 0.87 |
Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis) | |||||
Paralytic | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
Non.Paralytic | 0 02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
Food Poisoning | 0.13 | 0 15 | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.07 |
Rates per 1,000 Total (Live & Still) Births. | |||||
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia | 10.66 | 13.77 | 8.08 | 14.90 | 1.42 |
(a) Per 1,000 Related Live Births.