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 Acton]
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TABLE 1
' BIRTH-RATE, DEATH RATE AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1935. The Mortality rates for England and Wales refer to the whole population. but for London and the towns to civilians only.
Rate per 1,000 Total Population. | ANNUAL DEATH-RATE PER 1,000 Population. | rate per 1,000 Live Births | ||||||||||||
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Live Births. | Stillbirths. | All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years). | Total Deaths under one year. | ||
England and Wales | 14.7 | 0.02 | 11.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.18 | 0.52 | 6.7 | 57 | |
121 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 14.8 | 0.08 | 11.8 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.45 | 7.9 | 62 | |
140 Smaller Towns Estimated Populations, 25,000. 50.000) | 14.8 | 0.04 | 11.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 0.41 | 3.8 | 55 | |
London | 13.3 | 0.52 | 11.4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.51 | 11.2 | 58 | |
Acton | I2.6 | 0.5 | 10.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.1 | 0.11 | 0..5 | 12.0 | 60 |
The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales are as follows
'Pucrpcral Sepsis. | Others. | Total. | |
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per 1,000 Live Births | 1.68 | 2.42 | 4.10 |
per 1,000 Total Births | 1.61 | 2.32 | 3.93 |