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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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Arrangement of Report.
Section Page
A Statistics and Social C onditions of the Area.
1. General Summary of Statistics.
(a) General 6
(b) Births 6
(c) Deaths 6
(d) Infantile Mortality 7
(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 Promenade 14
B Maternity and Child Welfare Services.
1. The Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme 18
2. Notification of Births 19
3. Child Welfare Centres 20
4. Home visits by Health Visitors 22
5. Maternity Services 22
(a) Maternity Home—Hainault 22
(b) Ante-natal Clinic 22
(c) Ante-natal In-Patient Accommodation 23
(d) Abnormal Cases 23
6. Infant Life Protection 24
7. Midwives 24
8. Maternity and Nursing Homes 24
9. Nursing in the Home 24
(a) General 24
(b) Infectious 25
10. National Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children 25
C Prevalence of and Control over Notifiable
Infectious Diseases.
1. Infectious Diseases Hospital 25
2. Tables
(a) Notifications 25
(b) Age Distribution 26
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