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Wimbledon 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:-
| 41.95 | |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 34.90 |
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 125.00 |
| Death from Cancer (all ages) | 117 |
| „ „ Measles (all ages) | - |
| „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | - |
| „ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 4 |
Birth Rates, Civilian Death Rates, Analysis of Mortality,
Maternal Death Rates, and Case Rates for certain Infectious Diseases
in tho Year, 1942.
(Provisional figures based on weekly and quarterly returns)
| Wim-ble- don. | England & Wales | 126 C.B's & Great Towns in- cluding London | 148 Smaller towns (resident pop. 25,000 -50,000 at 1931 Census) | London Administrative County | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population | |||||
| Live Births | 15.46 | 15.8 | 17.3 | 18.4 | 14.0 |
| Still Births | 0.47 | 0.54 | 0.66 | 0.62 | 0.48 |
| Deaths:- | |||||
| All Causes | 12.44 | 11.6 | 13.3 | 12.1 | 13.9 |
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Small-pox | - | ~ | - | - | |
| Measles | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.04 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| Influenza | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.07 |
| Violence | 0.73 | | | | |
| Notifications:- | |||||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 2.14 | 2.19 | 2.49 | 2.34 | 1.86 |
| Diphtheria | 0.25 | 1.05 | 1.35 | 0.91 | 0. 76 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.01 0.01 | 0.01 | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.12 | 0.15 |
| Measles | 12.08 | 7.46 | 9.27 | 7.39 | 8.62 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.73 | 1.73 | 1.97 | 1.58 | 2.72 |
| Erysipelas | 0.25 | 0.30 | 0.36 | 0.26 | 0.43 |
| Pneumonia | 0.43 | 1.07 | 1.30 | 0.94 | 0.94 |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births | |||||
| Infant Mortality | |||||
| Deaths under 1 yr.of age | 41 | 49. | 59 | 46 | 60 |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea & Enteritis (under two years of age).. | 5.59 | 5.2 | 7.5 | 4.8 | 8.6 |
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