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Erith 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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I would further point out that Table III illustrates that
the chief killer in the last eleven months of the first year of
life, is Pneumonia, and that this admits of hope, for the special
treatment necessary lies within our compass.
I have included a table showing the Infantile Mortality at 5 year intervals for the past 25 years and for 1944.
| Erith | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910 | 70.91 | 130 |
| 1915 | 73.17 | 91 |
| 1920 | 61.5 | 83 |
| 1925 | 56.48 | 75 |
| 1930 | 61.05 | 66 |
| 1935 | 40.0 | 59 |
| 1940 | 37.17 | 55 |
| 1944 | 49.16 | 46 |
A (4). Unemployment Figures and Comments.
With the courteous co-operation of the Manager of the Erith Employment Exchange, it once again is possible to give definite figures on the state of unemployment in the District, as shown in the following table.
| Year ending | Adults | Young Persons | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | Total | |
| December, 1937 | 501 | 94 | 20 | 8 | 623 |
| December, 1938 | 934 | 160 | 40 | 16 | 1159 |
| December, 1939 | 373 | 299 | 31 | 48 | 751 |
| December, 19 40 | 75 | 255 | 3 | 37 | 370 |
| December, 1941 | 39 | 44 | 17 | 17 | 117 |
| December, 1942 | 38 | 39 | 1 | 5 | 83 |
| December, 1943 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 39 |
| December, 1944 | 31 | 6 | — | 3 | |