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Wimbledon 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List)
| Deaths | Rate per 1,000 total (live still) births | |
|---|---|---|
| No. 29 Puerperal & post- | ||
| abortive sepsis | 1 | 1.67 |
| No. 30 Other maternal causes | - | - |
| Total | 1 | 1.67 |
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:-
All infants per 1,000 live births 43.40
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 36.23
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 208.33
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 106
" " Measles (all ages) -
" " Whooping Cough (all ages) -
" " Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 5
Birth Rates, Civilian Death Rates, Analysis of Mortality,
Maternal Death Rates, and Case Rates for certain Infectious" Diseases
in the Year, 1940.
(Provisional figures based on weekly and quarterly returns)
| Wim- ble-don. | England & Wales | 126 C.B's & Great Towns including London | 148 Smal- ler towns (Resi- dent pop.- 25,000 - 50,000 at 1931 Census) | London Adminis-trative County | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population | |||||
| Live Births | 12.20 | 14.6 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 13.7 |
| Still Births | 0.42 | 0.55 | 0.64 | 0.55 | 0.44 |
| Deaths:- | |||||
| All Causes | 13.92 | 14.3 | 15.8 | 12.8 | 17.8 |
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0. 00 | 0.00 |
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0. 02 | 0.01 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
| Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.01 |
| Influenza | 0.20 | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.18 |
| Violence | 2.70 | * | * | * | * |
| Notifications:- | |||||
| Small-pox | - | 0.00 | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.30 | 1.63 | 1.53 | 1.57 | 0.82 |
| Diphtheria | 0.18 | 1.16 | 1.29 | 1.21 | 0.61 |
| Enteric Fever | 0.38 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.06 |
| Erysipelas | 0.22 | 0.33 | 0.36 | 0.30 | 0.35 |
| Pneumonia | 0.46 | 1.20 | 1.37 | 1.00 | 0.87 |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births | |||||
| Infant Mortality:- | |||||
| Deaths under 1 yr.of age | 43 | 55 | 61 | 54 | 50 |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea & Enteritis (under two years of age) | 8.68 | 4.6 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 5.8 |
| Maternal Mortality (Excluding Abortion) | |||||
| Puerperal infection | 1.75 | * | * | * | * |
| Others | 0.00) | ||||
| Total | 1.73) | ||||
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