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 Walthamstow]
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Birth-rate, Death-rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the Year 1930.
Rate per 1,000 Total Popuation . | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Births | Percentage of Total Deaths. | ||||||||||||||
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All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | WhoopingCough | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total Deaths under 1 year. | Certified by Registered Medical Practitioners* | Inquest Cases. | Certified by Coroner after P.M. No Inquest. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | |||
Live Births. | Still-Births. | ||||||||||||||||
England and Wales | 10.3 | 0.69 | 11.4 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.55 | 6.0 | 60 | 90.4 | 6.9 | 1.7 | 1.0 |
107 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 16.6 | 0.71 | l1 .5 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.50 | 83 | 64 | 90.6 | 6 6 | 2.3 | 0.5 |
159 Smaller Towns (1921 Adjusted Populations 20,000-50,000) | 16.2 | 0.69 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.43 | 44 | 55 | 91.8 | 5.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
London | 15.7 | 0.56 | 11.4 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.23 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.55 | 9.9 | 59 | 88.3 | 7.4 | 4.3 | 0.0 |
Walthamstow | 15.7 | 0.55 | 9.3 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.22 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.18 | 0.10 | 0.27 | 4.1 | 39 | 94 6 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 0.0 |