London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Hornchurch 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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England and Wales, 121 County Boroughs and Great Towns, and 135 Smaller Towns.
(Provisional figures. The rates for England and Wales have been calculated on a population estimated to the middle of 1934, but those for London and the Towns have been calculated on a population estimated to the middle of 1933.)
| Rate per 1,000 Population | Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Population | Rate per 1000 Live Births | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Still Births | All Causes | Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers | Small-pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Whooping cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Violence | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total Deaths under 1 year | |
| England and Wales | 14.8 | 0.62 | 11.8 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.54 | 5.5 | 59 |
| 121 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 14.7 | 0.66 | 11.8 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.47 | 7.4 | 63 |
| 135 smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1931) | 15.0 | 0.67 | 0.00 | - | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.42 | 3.6 | 53 | |
| London | 13.2 | 0.50 | 11.9 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.56 | 12.6 | 67 |
| Horn church | 17.6 | 0.57 | 8.4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.22 | 0.05 | 0.51 | 5.4 | 57 |