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Ruislip-Northwood 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ruislip]

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S.D. 55.

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 145 Smaller Towns.

England and Wales.125 County Boro's. and Great Towns including London.145 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census).London Administrative County.
Rates per 1,000 Population.
Births :
Live14.914.915.313.3
Still0.600.670.640.54
Deaths:
All Causes12.412.511.912.3
Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers0.000.010.000.00
Smallpox—.
Measlee0.020.030.020.01
Scarlet, fever0.010.010.010.01
Whooping Cough0.040.040.030.06
Diphtheria0.070.080.050.05
Influenza0.450.390.420.38
Violence0.540.450.420.51
Notifications:
Smallpox0.00-0.00
Scarlet fever2.332.562.422.09
Diphtheria1.491.811.381.93
Enteric fever0.050.060.040.05
Erysipelas0.370.430.340.44
Pneumonia1.361.581.201.18
Rates per 1,000 Live Births.
Deaths under 1 year of age58625560
Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age5.87.93.212.0
Maternal Mortality :
Puerperal Sepsis0.97Not available.
Others ...... ............2.26
Total3.23
Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e., Live and Still).
Maternal Mortality :
Puerperal Sepsis0.94Not available
Others2.17
Total3.11
Notifications:
Puerperal fever13.9317.5911.524.15
Puerperal pyrexia14.34