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, CIVILIAN DEATH-RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY,
MATERNAL MORTALITY, AND CASE-RATES FOR
CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE YEAR 1940.
England and Wales, London, 126 Great Towns and 148 Smaller Towns (Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns.)
England and Wales | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including. London | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census | London Administrative County | Hayes and Harling-ton | |
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Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population | |||||
BIRTHS:- | |||||
Live | 14.6 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 13.7 | 21.1 |
Still | 0.55 | 0.64 | 0.55 | 0.44 | 0.49 |
DEATHS:- | |||||
All Causes | 14.3 | 15.8 | 12.8 | 17.8 | 13.1 |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - |
Measles | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Scarlet fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
Whooping cough | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0,02 |
Diphtheria | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.05 |
Influenza | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.18 | 0.07 |
NOTIFICATIONS:- | |||||
Smallpox | 0.00 | - | - | - | 0.00 |
Scarlet fever | 1.63 | 1.53 | 1.57 | 0.82 | 1.68 |
Diphtheria | 1.16 | 1.29 | 1.21 | 0.61 | 1.01 |
Enteric fever | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.02 |
Erysipelas | 0.33 | 0.36 | 0.30 | 0.35 | 0.09 |
Pneumonia | 1.20 | 1.37 | 1.00 | 0.87 | 0.33 |
Cerebro-spinal fever | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.18 |
Whooping cough | 1.34 | 1.29 | 1.35 | 0.22 | 1.49 |
Measles | 10.24 | 9.23 | 9.99 | 1.78 | 3.17 |
Rates per 1,000 Live Births | |||||
Deaths under 1 year of age | 55 | 61 | 54 | 50 | 78 |
Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 4.6 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 15.4 |
Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e. Live and Still) | |||||
MATERNAL MORTALITY (EXCLUDING ABORTION):- | Not available | ||||
Puerperal Sepsis | 0.52) | 0.000 | |||
Others | 1.64) | 1.675 | |||
Total | 2.16) | 1.675 | |||
NOTIFICATIONS:- | , | ||||
Puerperal fever | 11.96 | 13.90 | 9.73 | 3.34 | 1.675 |
Puerperal pyrexia | 13.30 |
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