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Wimbledon 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Birth Rates, Death Rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Death Rates, and Case Rates for Certain Infectious Diseases in the Year 1938.

(Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns).

WimbledonEngland and Wales126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census)London Administrative! County
Hates per 1.000 Population
Births:Live11.8915.115.015.413.4
Still0.400.600.650.600.48
Deaths:All Causes10.7811.611.711.011.4
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers0.000.000.000.000.00
Smallpox-0.00-0.00-
Measles0.060.040.050.030.06
Scarlet Fever0.000.010.010.010.01
Whooping Cough0.010.030.030.020.03
Diphtheria0.030.070.070.060.05
Influenza0.150.110.100.110.06
Violence0.64****
Notifications:Smallpox-0.000.000.00-
Scarlet Fever0.932.412.602.582.05
Diphtheria0.631.581.851.531.90
Enteric Fever0.010.030.030.040.05
Erysipelas0.390.400.460.390.46
Pneumonia0.351.101.280.980.98
Infant Mortality:Deaths under 1 year of ageRates per 1,000 Live Births
4553575157
Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis (undertwo years ofage)4.295.57.83.613.1
Maternal Mortality:Puerperal Sepsis2.860.89***
Others0.002.19
Total2.863.08
Riates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e., Live and Still)
Maternal Mortality:Puerperal Sepsis2.770.86
Others0.002.11***
Total2.772.97
Notifications:Puerperal Fever15.2314.4218.0812.513.53
Puerperal Pyrexia15.46

* Not available.
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