London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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Provisional figures. The mortality rates for England and Wales refer to the whole population, but for London and the towns to civilians only
| Rate per 1,000 total population | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 population | Rate per 1,000 Live Births | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Still Births | All Causes | Enteric Fever | Sinall-pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Violence | Influenza | Diarrhoea & Enteritis (under Two years) | Total Deaths under one year | |
| England and Wales | 14.9 | 0.60 | 12.4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.54 | 0.45 | 5.8 | 58 |
| 125 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 14.9 | 0.67 | 12.5 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.45 | 0.39 | 7.9 | 62 |
| 148 smaller towns (1931) adjusted populations 25,000—50,000 | 15.3 | 0.64 | 11.9 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 3.2 | 55 |
| London | 13.3 | 0.54 | 12.3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.51 | 0.38 | 12.0 | 60 |
| Erith (Estimated population 38,240) | 15.82 | 0.52 | 10.852 | 0 00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.026 | 0.419 | 0.39 | 13.22 | 46.28 |