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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than 20,000, during the years 1907-1910, and 1911. During
the 4 years 1911-1914, Erith's infantile mortality rate
was 76.68, and there were only 16 towns with a lower rate
out of the 241 towns included in the Report.
Table IV. shows the causes of deaths of children from
birth to 1 year of age. Ten deaths, or over 18.5 per cent.
took place during the first week of life, while 15, or 27.7
per cent. occurred during the first month.
Seven death,s were due to premature birth.
Diarrhœa was the cause of 7 deaths, as compared with
8 in the previous year.
The sanitary conditions of the District are all favourable,
we have no slums, 110 back-to-back houses, plenty
of open spaces and fresh air, there are no industries employing
female labour to any large extent, and work being
plentiful in the District, there is little or no poverty due
to unemployment.
Table I.—Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1915 and previous years.
Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births. | Ttl. Deaths registrd. in | Transferable Deaths. | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Uncorrected Number. | Nett. | Number. | Rate. | of Non-residents registered in the District. | of Resid'ts not registered in the District. | Under 1 year of age. | At all Ages. | |||||
N'mber. | Rate. | |||||||||||
No. | Rate per 1000 nett Births. | No. | Rate | |||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
1908 | 27,076 | 750 | 245 | 9.04 | 4 | 60 | ||||||
1909 | 27,321 | 731 | 258 | 9.44 | 6 | 57 | ||||||
1910 | 27,566 | 691 | 953 | 8.45 | 10 | 49 | ||||||
1911 | 27,811 | 700 | 715 | 25.70 | 214 | 7.69 | 5 | 58 | 50 | 69.93 | 267 | 9.60 |
1912 | 28,073 | 653 | 664 | 23.65 | 266 | 9.47 | 8 | 76 | 46 | 69.27 | 334 | 11.89 |
1913 | 30,100 | 758 | 771 | 25.61 | 235 | 7.8 | 10 | 71 | 59 | 76.52 | 296 | 9.83 |
1914 | 30,562 | 816 | 834 | 27.28 | 290 | 9.81 | - | 103 | 76 | 91.1 | 393 | 12.85 |
1915 | 35,232 | 724 | 738 | 20.94 | 305 | 8.65 | 8 | 73 | 54 | 73.17 | 370 | 10.5 |
Area of District in Acres (land and inland water) | 3859.513 | |||||||||||
Total Population at all Ages | 27,750 | At Censu 1911. | ||||||||||
Number of Inhabited Houses | 5,129 | |||||||||||
Average Number of Persons per House | 5.41 |