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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TABLE II.
Vital Statistics of Separate Localities in 1908 and previous
years.
Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births Registered. | Deaths at all Ages. | Deaths under 1 year |
---|---|---|---|---|
1898 | 19,824 | 67 3 | 362 | 135 |
1899 | 20,887 | 782 | 307 | 110 |
1900 | 24,166 | 851 | 330 | 120 |
1901 | 25,296 | 992 | 334 | 141 |
1902 | 25,296 | 943 | 326 | 98 |
1903 | 26,895 | 1,047 | 278 | 98 |
1904 | 27,582 | 916 | 316 | 121 |
1905 | 29,700 | 900 | 281 | 80 |
1906 | 30.331 | 911 | 273 | 78 |
I907 | 28,481 | 852 | 202 | 72 |
Averages of | ||||
Years 1898 | ||||
to 1907. | 25,846.1 | 886.7 | 300.9 | 105.3 |
1908 | 28,986 | 750 | 241 | 60 |
TABLE III.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1908.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in whole District. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages. | At Ages. Years. | |||||||
Under I. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65 | 65 and upw'ds. | |||
Diphtheria | 60 | I | 18 | 39 | I | I | 39 | |
Erysipelas | 14 | 1 | I | 11 | 1 | |||
Scarlet Fever | 140 | 36 | 94 | 7 | 3 | 105 | ||
Enteric Fever | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | |||
Puerperal Fever | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Phthisis | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||||
Totals | 241 | 2 | 55 | 137 | 17 | 29 | I | 149 |