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 Hayes]
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BIRTH-RATES, DEATH-RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL DEATH-RATES, AND CASE-RATES FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE
YEAR 1937.
England and Wales, London, 125 Great Towns and 148 Smaller Towns. (Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns)
England and Wales | 125 County Boroughs and Great T owns including London | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census) | London Administrative County | Hayes and Harlington | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rates per 1,000 Population | |||||
BIRTHS :— | |||||
Live | 14.9 | 14.9 | 15.3 | 13.3 | 21.42 |
Still | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0.54 | 0.78 |
DEATHS :— | |||||
All Causes | 12.4 | 12.5 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 10.8 |
Typhoid and Para | |||||
typhoid fevers Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
_ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
Measles | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Scarlet fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.05 |
Whooping Cough | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
Diphtheria | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.02 |
Influenza | 0.45 | 0.39 | 0.42 | 0.38 | 0.30 |
Violence | 0.54 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.51 | 0.35 |
NOTIFICATIONS:— | |||||
Smallpox | 0.00 | _ | 0.00 | _ | 0.00 |
Scarlet fever | 2.33 | 2.56 | 2.42 | 2.09 | 4.77 |
Diphtheria | 1.49 | 1.81 | 1.38 | 1.93 | 0.30 |
Enteric fever | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.00 |
Erysipelas | 0.37 | 0.43 | 0.34 | 0.44 | 0.18 |
Pneumonia | 1.36 | 1.58 | 1.20 | 1.18 | 0.70 |
Rates per 1,000 Live Births | |||||
Deaths under 1 year of age | 58 | 62 | 55 | 60 | 66 |
Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 5.8 | 7.9 | 3.2 | 12.0 | 15.0 |
MATERNAL MORTALITY:— | |||||
Puerperal Sepsis | 0.97 | 1 r Not available | 0.00 | ||
Others | 2.26 | 1.17 | |||
Total | 3.23 | 1.17 | |||
Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e. Live and Still) | |||||
MATERNAL MORTALITY:— | |||||
Puerperal Sepsis | 0.94 | | Not available | 0.00 | ||
Others | 2.17 | 1.13 | |||
Total | 3.11 | 1.13 | |||
NOTIFICATIONS:— | |||||
Puerperal fever | } 13.93 | 17.59 | 11.52 { | 4.15 | 2.26 |
Puerperal pyrexia | 14.34 | 5.66 |