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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 1955
[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 ... | 15.00 | 13.86 |
| Still births | 0.35 | 0.33 |
| 23.1(a) | 23.01(a) | |
| All causes | 11.7 | 9.58 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | |
| Whooping Cough | 0.00 | |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | |
| Tuberculosis | 0.15 | 0.15 |
| Influenza | 0.07 | 0.02 |
| Smallpox | ||
| Acute Poliomyelitis (includ ing Polio-encephalitis) | 0.01 | |
| Pneumonia | 0.51 | 0.61 |
| (Corrected) | ||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.02 | |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.03 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.73 | 0.44 |
| Whooping Cough | 1.78 | 1.18 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | |
| Erysipelas | 0.10 | 0.09 |
| Smallpox | ||
| Measles | 15.61 | 21.22 |
| Pneumonia | 0.63 | 0.63 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (includ ing Polio-encephalitis) | ||
| Paralytic | 0.08 | 0.13 |
| Non-Paralytic | 0.06 | 0.07 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.20 | 0.02 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 17.79(a) | |
| Rates per 1,000 live births | ||
| All causes under 1 year of | 24.9(b) | 20.41 |
| age | ||
| Enteritis and diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 0.75 | |
(a) Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births.
(b) Per 1,000 Related Live Births.