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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 1946
[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 1946.
Provisional figures. The mortality rates tor 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 | Typhoid and Paratyphoid | Small-pox | Measles | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Diarrhoea & Enteritis (under Two years) | Total Deaths under one year | ||
| England and Wales | 19.1 | 0.53 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 44 | 43 | |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 22.2 | 0.67 | 12.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 6.1 | 45 | |
| 148 smaller towns resident population 25,000 50,000 at 1931 census | 21.3 | 0.59 | 11.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 2.8 | 37 | |
| London Adm. County | 21.5 | 0.54 | 12.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 4.2 | 41 | |
| Erith (Estimated population 42,900 | 22.3 | 0.55 | 10.4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 31 | |