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Erith 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]

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A (4)e Summary of Vital Statistics for the year 1955

England and WalesBorough of Erith
Births: —Rates per 1,000
Home Population
Live births ...15.0013.86
Still births0.350.33
23.1(a)23.01(a)
Deaths:—
All causes11.79.58
Typhoid and Paratyphoid0.00-
Whooping Cough0.00-
Diphtheria0.00-
Tuberculosis0.150.15
Influenza0.070.02
Smallpox--
Acute Poliomyelitis (includ ing Polio-encephalitis)0.01-
Pneumonia0.510.61
Notifications:—
(Corrected)
Typhoid Fever0.00-
Paratyphoid Fever0.02-
Meningococcal Infection0.03-
Scarlet Fever0.730.44
Whooping Cough1.781.18
Diphtheria0.00-
Erysipelas0.100.09
Smallpox--
Measles15.6121.22
Pneumonia0.630.63
Acute Poliomyelitis (includ ing Polio-encephalitis)
Paralytic0.080.13
Non-Paralytic0.060.07
Food Poisoning0.200.02
Puerperal Pyrexia17.79(a)-
Deaths:—Rates per 1,000 live births
All causes under 1 year of24.9(b)20.41
age
Enteritis and diarrhoea under 2 years of age0.75-

(a) Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births.
(b) Per 1,000 Related Live Births.