Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1935
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TABLE No. 11.
Birth-rates, Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Death-rates, and Case-rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1935. (England and Wales, London, 121 Great Towns and 140 Smaller Towns.) (Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns.)
Englandand Wales. | 121County Boroughs and GreatTowns including London | 140Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at1931 Census) | London Administrative County. | |
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Rates per 1,000 Population. | ||||
Births:— | ||||
Live | 14.7 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 13.3 |
Still | 0.62 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.52 |
Deaths:— | ||||
All Causes | 11.7 | 11.8 | 11.2 | 11.4 |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Smallpox | — | — | — | — |
Measles | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.00 |
Scarlet fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Whooping Cough | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
Diphtheria | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.06 |
Influenza | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.11 |
Violence | 0.52 | 0.45 | 0.41 | 0.51 |
Notifications:— | ||||
Smallpox | — | — | — | — |
Scarlet fever | 2.96 | 3.19 | 2.75 | 2.64 |
Diphtheria | 1.60 | 1.96 | 1.34 | 2.25 |
Enteric fever | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
Erysipelas | 0.42 | 0.48 | 0.37 | 0.45 |
Pneumonia | 1.15 | 1.36 | 0.98 | 0.89 |
Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||
Deaths under 1 year of age | 57 | 62 | 55 | 58 |
Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 5.7 | 7.9 | 3.8 | 11.2 |
Maternal Mortality:— | ||||
Puerperal Sepsis | 1.68 | Not available. | ||
Others | 2.42 | |||
Total | 4.10 | |||
Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e. Live and Still). | ||||
Maternal Mortality:— | ||||
Puerperal Sepsis | 1.61 | Not available | ||
Others | 2.32 | |||
Total | 3.93 | |||
Notifications:— | ||||
Puerperal fever | 3.60 | 4.55 | 2.76 | 4.32 |
Puerperal pyrexia | 9.44 | 11.14 | 8.25 | 11.89 |