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Erith 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]

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SECTION A—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL
CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Annual Report 1945.
A(l). SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
A(1)a. General.
Area :—4,607 acres. •
Population :—38,270.
Density of population, i.e. number of persons per acre : —
8.3.
Number of inhabited houses:—11,265.
Rateable value 1945 :—£324,521.
Sum produced by a penny rate 1945 :—Estimated £1,300.

A(1)b. Births.

TOTAL.Male.Female.
Live Births. Legitimate698346352
Illegitimate341717
Total732

Live Birth rate per 1,000 of population (Registrar General's figures):—19.13.

Corresponding rate for 1944 : —

TotalMaleFemale
Stil Births.Legitimate1799
Illegitimate---
17

Still birth rate per 1,000 births:—22.70.
A (1) c. Deaths.
Males—237. Females—214. Total—451.
Death rate per 1,000 of population:—11.78.
Corresponding rate for 1944 :—12.3.
Number of women dying in or in consequence of childbirth
:—Nil.
Maternal Mortality per 1,000 total registered births :—Nil.
Comparative figure for England and Wales:—1.69.