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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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Arrangement of Report.
Section Page
A Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area.
1. General Summary of Statistics.
(a) General 6
(b) Births 6
(c) Deaths 6
(d) Infant Mortality7
(e) Vital Statistics of District 8
(f) Causes of Death 9
(g) Birth Rates, Death Rates and
Analysis of Mortality 10
2. Population 11
3. Births 11
4. Deaths 11
5. Maternal Mortality 11
6. Infant Mortality 12
7.Natural and Social Conditions of the Area 13
8. Unemployment figures and comments 14
9. Riverside Gardens 14
B Maternity and Child Welfare Services.
1. The Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme 15
2. Notification of Births 15
3. Child Welfare Centres 15
4. Home visits by Health Visitors 17
5. Maternity Services 17
(a) Maternity Home—Hainault 17
(b) Ante-natal Clinic 17
(c) Abnormal Cases 17
6. Infant Life Protection 18
7. Midwives 18
8. Maternity and Nursing Homes 18
9. Nursing in the Home 18
(a) General 18
(b) Infectious 19
10. National Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children 19
C Prevalence of and Control over Notifiable
Infectious Diseases.
1. Infectious Diseases Hospital 19
2. Tables
(a) Notifications 19
(b) Age Distribution 20
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