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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 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]

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Table: A (4)e Summary of Vital Statistics for the year 1960.

A (4)e Summary of Vital Statistics for the year 1960.

England and WalesBorough of Erith
Births:—Rates per 1,000 Home Population
Live births17.115.73
Still births0.350.48
19.8(a)29.65(a)
Deaths:—
All causes11.510.11
Typhoid and Paratyphoid0.00—
Whooping Cough0.00—
Diphtheria0.00—
Tuberculosis0.070.13
Influenza0.020.02
Smallpox——
Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polio-encephalitis)0.00-
Pneumonia0.560.33
Notifications: —
(Corrected)
Typhoid Fever0.00—
Paratyphoid Fever0.00—
Meningococcal Infection0.01—
Scarlet Fever0.700.39
Whooping Cough1.270.94
Diphtheria0.00—
Erysipelas0.060.02
Smallpox0.00—
Measles3.480.17
Pneumonia0.320.07
Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polio-encephalitis)
Paralytic0.01—
Non-Paralytic0.00—
Food Poisoning0.170.04
Puerperal Pyrexia11.03(a)20.22(a)
Deaths: —Rates per 1,000 live births
All causes under 1 year ofage21.919.44
Enteritis and diarrhoea
under 2 years of age0.5-
(a) Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births.