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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Arrangement of Report
Section Page
A Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area
1. Physical Situation and Amenities 7
2. Comparative Rainfall 7
3. Unemployment Figures and Comments 8
4. Statistics 8
(a) General 8
(b) Births, Birth Rate, Still Births, Still Birth
Rates 9
(c) Deaths, Death Rate, Maternal Mortality
Rate 9
(d) Infant Mortality 10
(e) Summary of Vital Statistics for year 1952 11
(f) Vital Statistics of whole District during
1952 and previous years 12
(g) Table Showing Summary of Causes of
Death during 1952 13
(h) Comparison of Maternal Mortality Rate 14
(i) Infant Mortality—Causes of death and
table of comparison 14
B Prevalence of and Control over Infectious and
other Diseases
1. Notifications 16
(a) Food Poisoning 17
(b) Dysentery 18
(c) Scarlet Fever 19
(d) Age Distribution 20
(e) Ward Distribution 21
2. Tuberculosis 22
(a) New cases notified during 1952 22
(b) Deaths 22
(c) Quarterly statements for year 1952 23
(d) Mass Radiography 24
3. Diphtheria Immunisation 25
4. Smallpox 26
(a) Vaccination 26
C General Provision of Health Services for the Area
1. General Hospital Facilities 27
2. Infectious Disease Hospitals 27
3. Tuberculosis Treatment and Hospital
Accommodation 27
4. Venereal Diseases 27
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