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
Wembley 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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| Measles (all ages) | — | (2) | ||||
| Whooping cough (all ages) | 3 | (2) | ||||
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 2 | |||||
| Maternal Mortality. | ||||||
| Deaths from puerperal sepsis | 1 | (-) | ||||
| Other puerperal causes | 1 | |||||
| Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live births | 1.09 | (1.32) | ||||
| Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 1.07 | (1.30) | ||||
| Per 1,000 population. | Per 1,000 Live Births. | Per 1,000 total births (live and still). | ||||
| Birth rate. | Still Birth rate. | Infantile Maternal | ||||
| Death rate. | mortality. | mortality. | Maternal mortality. | |||
| Wembley | 13.83 | 0.30 | 7.92 | 21.97 | 1.09 | 1.07 |
| England and Wales | 17.90 | 0.42 | 10.80 | 34.00 | — | 1.02 |
| London | 20.10 | 0.39 | 11.60 | 31.00 | — | — |
| 126 County Boroughs, etc. | 20.00 | 0.52 | 11.60 | 39.00 | — | — |
| 148 Smaller towns, etc. | 19.20 | 0.43 | 10.70 | 32.00 | — | — |