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Erith 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]

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Arrangement of Report
Section Page
A Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area
1. Physical Situation and Amenities 10
2. Comparative Rainfall 10
3. Unemployment Figures and Comments 11
4. Statistics 11
(a) General 11
(b) Births, Birth Rate, Still Births, Still Birth
Rates 12
(c) Deaths, Death Rate, Maternal Mortality
Rate 12
(d) Infant Mortality 13
(e) Summary of Vital Statistics for year 1951 14
(f) Vital Statistics of whole District during
1951 and previous years 15
(g) Table Showing Summary of Causes of
Death during 1951 16
(h) Comparison of Maternal Mortality Rate 17
(i) Infant Mortality—Causes of death and
table of comparison 17
B Prevalence of and Control over Infectious and
other Diseases
1. Notifications 19
(a) Age Distribution 25
(b) Ward Distribution 26
2. Tuberculosis 27
(a) New cases notified during 1951 27
(b) Deaths 27
(c) Quarterly statements for year 1951 28
3. Diphtheria Immunisation 29
4. Scabies 30
5. Smallpox 30
(a) Vaccination 31
6. Public Health (Leprosy) Regulations, 1951 31
7. Research on Poliomyelitis 31
C General Provision of Health Services for the Area
1. General Hospital Facilities 32
2. Infectious Disease Hospitals 32
3. Tuberculosis Treatment and Hospital
Accommodation 32
4. Venereal Diseases 32
5. Ambulance Service 32
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