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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 1957
[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 | 16.1 | 14.45 |
| Still births | 0.37 | 0.33 |
| 22.4(a) | 22.06(a) | |
| All causes | 11.5 | 10.11 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 0.00 | - |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | - |
| Tuberculosis | 0.11 | 0.13 |
| Influenza | 0.15 | - |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (includ ing Polio-encephalitis) | 0.01 | - |
| Pneumonia | 0.52 | 0.46 |
| (Corrected) Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.02 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.66 | 0.24 |
| Whooping Cough | 1.89 | 3.43 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | - |
| Erysipelas | 0.08 | 0.11 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | - |
| Measles | 14.11 | 13.30 |
| Pneumonia | 0.73 | 0.80 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polio-encephalitis) Paralytic | 0.07 | 0.02 |
| Non-Paralytic | 0.04 | - |
| Food Poisoning | 0.20 | 0.04 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 16.00(a) | 10.29(a) |
| Rates per 1,000 live births | ||
| All causes under 1 year of age | 23.1 | 18.05 |
| Enteritis and diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 0.50 | - |
| (a) Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births. | ||