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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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A(l)g. Table showing Birth-rate, Death-rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the year 1936.
Provisional figures. The mortality rates for England and W ales reftr to the whole population, but for London and the towns to civilians only
| Rate per 1,000 total population | Annual Death-rate per 1.ooo population | Rate per 1000 live Births | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Still Births | All Causes | Enteric Fever | Small-pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Violence | Influenza | Dianhcea & 1 mentis (under Two years) | Total Deaths under one year | |
| England and Wales | I48 | 0.6l | 12.1 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.07 | O.01 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0 52 | 0.14 | 5.9 | 59 |
| 122 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | I4.9 | 0. 67 | 12.3 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.45 | 0.14 | 8.2 | 63 |
| 143 smaller towns (1931) adjusted populations 25,000—50,000 | O.64 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | O.01 | O.O4 | 0.05 | 0.39 | 0.15 | 3.4 | 55 | |
| London | 136 | 0.53 | 12.5 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.14 | O.OI | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.52 | 0.14 | 14.4 | 66 |
| Erith (Estimated population 35,760) | 14.18 | 0.49 | 11.324 | 0.0 | 0 00 | 0I65 | 0.00 | 0.054 | 0.027 | 0.548 | 0.027 | 0.00 | 58 |