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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 1962
[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 | 18.0 | 17.35 |
| Still births | 0.33 | 0.26 |
| 18.1(a) | 15.04(a) | |
| All causes | 11.9 | 10.46 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 0.00 | - |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | - |
| Tuberculosis | 0.07 | - |
| Influenza | 0.07 | - |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polio-encephalitis) | 0.00 | - |
| Pneumonia | 0.68 | 0.68 |
| (Corrected) | ||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.00 | - |
| Meningococcal Infection .. | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.33 | 0.15 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.18 | - |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | - |
| Erysipelas | 0.04 | 0.04 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | - |
| Measles | 3.96 | 1.85 |
| Pneumonia | 0.27 | 0.04 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polio-encephalitis) | ||
| Paralytic | 0.00 | - |
| Non-Paralytic | 0.00 | - |
| Food Poisoning | 0.11 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 8.33(a) | 15.04(a) |
| Rates per 1,000 live births | ||
| All causes under 1 year of age | 21.6 | 10.18 |
| Enteritis and diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 0.6 | - |
(a) Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births.