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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 1959
[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 | 16.5 | 15.08 |
| Still births | 0.35 | 0.42 |
| 21.0(a) | 26.84(a) | |
| All causes | 11.6 | 10.26 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid.. | 0.00 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 0.00 | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - |
| Tuberculosis | 0.09 | 0.07 |
| Influenza | 0.18 | 0.15 |
| Smallpox | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polio-encephalitis) | 0.00 | - |
| Pneumonia | 0.61 | 0.46 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.02 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.05 | 0.70 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.73 | 2.84 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | - |
| Erysipelas | 0.07 | 0.07 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | - |
| Measles | 11.88 | 3.50 |
| Pneumonia | 0.59 | 0.13 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polio-encephalitis) Paralytic | 0.02 | - |
| Non-Paralytic | 0.01 | - |
| Food Poisoning | 0.22 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 13.9(a) | 21.19(a) |
| Rates per 1,000 live births | ||
| All causes under 1 year of age | 22.2 | 13.06 |
| Enteritis and diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 0.4 | - |
(a) Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births.