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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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| England and Wales | Borough of Erith | |
|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Home Population | ||
| Live births | 15.2 | 13.51 |
| Still births | 0.36 | 0.41 |
| 23.4(a) | 29.69(a) | |
| All causes | 11.3 | 9.9 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 0.00 | — |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | — |
| Tuberculosis | 0.18 | 0.20 |
| Influenza | 0.05 | — |
| Smallpox | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polio-encephalitis) | 0.00 | _ |
| Pneumonia | 0.48 | 0.35 |
| (Corrected) | ||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.03 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.97 | 0.81 |
| Whooping Cough | 2.39 | 6.38 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | — |
| Erysipelas | 0.12 | 0.07 |
| Smallpox | — | — |
| Measles | 3.32 | 0.09 |
| Pneumonia | 0.60 | 0.46 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polio-encephalitis) | ||
| Paralytic | 0.03 | — |
| Non-Paralytic | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.20 | 0.02 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 17.74(a) | — |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births | ||
| All causes under 1 year of age | 25.5 (b) | 19.32 |
| Enteritis and diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 0.8 | — |
| (a) Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births. | ||
| (b) Per 1,000 Related Live Births. | ||