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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A(1 )g. Table showing Birth-rate, Death-rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the year 1944.
Provisional figures. The mortality rates for England and Wales refer to the whole population, hut for London and
the towns to civilians only
Rate per 1,000 total population | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 population | Kate per 1,000 Live Births | ||||||||||
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Live Births | Still Bii ths | All Causes | Typhoid and Paratyphoid | Small-pox | Measles | Sea 1 let Fever | Whooping Cough | Diphthet ia | Influenza | Diarrhoea & Enteritis (under Two years) | Total Deaths under one year | |
England and Wales | 17.6 | 0.50 | 11.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.12 | 4.8 | 46 |
126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, includingLondon | 20.3 | 064 | 13.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 7.3 | 52 |
H-8 smaller towns resident population 2.5,000 .50.000 at 1931 census | 20.9 | 0.61 | 12.4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 4.4 | 44 |
London Adm. County | 15.0 | 0.42 | 15.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 10.1 | 61 |
Erith (Estimated population 36,780 | 24.03 | 0.48 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 3.3 | 49 |