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Erith 1955

[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 9
2. Comparative Rainfall 10
3. Unemployment Figures and Comments11
4. Statistics 11
(a) General 11
(b) Births, Birth Rate, Still Births, Still
Birth Rates 12
(c) Deaths, Death Rate, Maternal
Mortality Rate 12
(d) Infant Mortality 13
(e) Summary of Vital Statistics for year
1955 14
(f) Vital Statistics of the whole District
during 1955 and previous years 15
(g) Table showing Summary of Causes
of Death during 1955 16
(h) Infant Mortality—Causes of death
and table of comparison 17
(i) Comparison of Maternal Mortality
Rate 18
B Prevalence of and control over Infectious and
other Diseases
1. Notifications 19
(a) Age Distribution 20
(b) Ward Distribution 21
2. Tuberculosis
(a) New cases notified during 1955 22
(b) Deaths 22
(c) Quarterly statements for year 1955 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
5. Ambulance Service 26
6. School Clinics 26
7. Maternity and Child Welfare Centres 27
8. Maternity Home 27
9. Private Nursing Homes 27
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