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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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The causes of death were as shown in the following table: —
| Accidental Injury | 6 |
| Suicide, Drowning | 1 |
| „ Poison | 1 |
| „ Cut-throat | 1 |
| Accidental Drowning | 1 |
| Burns | 1 |
| Suffocation | 9 |
| 27 |
Deaths registered during each month:—
| January | |
| February | |
| March | 27 |
| April | |
| May | 20 |
| June | 19 |
| July | 12 |
| August | 17 |
| September | 24 |
| October | 15 |
| November | 12 |
| December | 24 |
| 235 |
Cancer.
The number of deaths due to Cancer during 1913 was
20. This is a disease which is almost entirely confined to
persons who are of middle age and over; 4 deaths occurred
between the ages of 25 and 45; 10 between 45 and 65; and
12 over 65 years of age.
The following table shows the deaths from Cancer
classified according to age, sex, and the organs affected: