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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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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TABLE I.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions be yond the District. | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Rate* | Under 1 year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number | Rate.* | Number. | Rate* | |||||||
| l | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1894 | 14,511 | 473 | 32.59 | 51 | 107.82 | 168 | 11.57 | 7 | 161 | 11.09 | ||
| 1895 | 16,000 | 506 | 31.62 | 64 | 126.48 | 197 | 12.31 | 11 | 186 | 11.62 | ||
| 1896 | 16,500 | 531 | 31.18 | 77 | 145 | 211 | 12.78 | i:s | 198 | 12.00 | ||
| 1897 | 17,000 | 554 | 32.58 | 70 | 126.35 | 218 | 12.82 | 9 | 209 | 12.3 | ||
| 1898 | 19,824 | 673 | 32.95 | 135 | 200.59 | 369 | 18.61 | 7 | 362 | 18.26 | ||
| 1899 | 20,887 | 782 | 37.43 | 110 | 140.66 | 320 | 15.33 | 13 | 307 | 14.69 | ||
| 1900 | 24,166 | 851 | 35.21 | 1-20 | 141.01 | 339 | 14.03 | 9 | 330 | 13.65 | ||
| 1901 | 25,296 | 992 | 39.26 | 141 | 141.12 | 348 | 13.7 | 14 | 334 | 13.2 | ||
| 1902 | 25,296 | 943 | 37.27 | 98 | 103.92 | 306 | 12.09 | 11 | 11 | 326 | 12.88 | |
| 1903 | 26,895 | 1047 | 38.93 | 98 | 93.60 | 286 | 10.63 | 8 | 8 | 278 | 10.33 | |
| Averages for years 1894-1903. | 20,637.5 | 735.2 | 35.67 | 96.4 | 132.2 | 276.2 | 13.38 | 10.2 | 269.1 | 13.12 | ||
| 1904 | 27,582 | 916 | 33.21 | 121 | 132.09 | 326 | 11.81 | 18 | 10 | 316 | 11.45 | |
| * Bates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population. | ||||||||||||
Total population at all ages ... ... ... ... ... 25,296
Number of Inhabited Houses ... ... ... ... 4,291
Average number of Persons per House ... ... ... 5 89
Area of District in Acres (exclusive of area covered by water) ... ... 3,859*513
I.
Institutions within the District
receiving Sick and Infirm Persons
from outside the District.
II.
Institutions outside the District
receiving Sick and Infirm Persons
from the District.
III.
Other Institutions, the deaths in
which have been distributed among
the several localities in the District.
Eoyal Alfred Institution for
Aged Seamen (Merchant).
Erith Cottage Hospital.
Metropolitan Asylums Board
Hospitals, Dartford.
Dartford Union Infirmary.
London Hospitals.
Erith Sanatorium for Infectious
Diseases.