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Erith 1954

[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 8
2. Comparative Rainfall 9
3. Unemployment Figures and Comments 10
4. Statistics 10
(a) General 10
(b) Births, Birth Rate, Still Births, Still Birth
Rates 11
(c) Deaths, Death Rate, Maternal Mortality
Rate 11
(d) Infant Mortality 12
(e) Summary of Vital Statistics for year 1954 13
(f) Vital Statistics of whole District during
1954 and previous years 14
(g) Table Showing Summary of Causes of
Death during 1954 15
(h) Infant Mortality—Causes of death and
table of comparison 16
(i) Comparison of Maternal Mortality Rate 17
B Prevalence of and Control over Infectious and
other Diseases
1. Notifications 18
(a) Age Distribution 19
(b) Ward Distribution 20
2. Tuberculosis 21
(a) New cases notified during 1954 21
(b) Deaths 21
(c) Quarterly statements for year 1954 22
(d) Mass Radiography 23
3. Diphtheria Immunisation 24
4. Vaccination against Smallpox 25
C General Provision of Health Services for the Area
1. General Hospital Facilities 26
2. Infectious Disease Hospitals 26
3. Tuberculosis Treatment and Hospital
Accommodation 26
4. Venereal Diseases 26