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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
Wimbledon 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:-
All Infants per 1,000 live births 37.14
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live
births 35.11
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate
live births 65.66
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 114
" " Measles (all ages) -
" " Whooping Cough (all ages) 1
" " Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 6
Birth Rates, Civilian Death Rates, Analysis of Mortality
Maternal Death Rates, and Case Rates for certain Infectious Diseases
in the Year 1944.
(Provisional figures based on weekly and quarterly returns)
| Wim-ble don | England & Wales | 126 C.B's & Great Towns including London | 148 Smaller towns (resident population 25,000 -50,000 at 1931 | London Administrative County | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | Census (5) | (6) |
| Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population | |||||
| Live Births | 15.62 | 17.6 | 20.3 | 20.9 | 15.0 |
| Sti11 Births | 0.53 | 0.50 | 0.64 | 0.61 | 0.42 |
| Deaths:- | |||||
| All Causes | 13,21 | 11.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 15.7 |
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Small-pox | — | 0.00 | - | - | — |
| Measles | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.04 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| Influenza | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.08 |
| Violence | 1.65 | x | x | ||
| Notifications:- | |||||
| Small-pox | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.72 | 2.40 | 2.41 | 2.67 | 1.57 |
| Diphtheria | 0.53 | 0.58 | 0.67 | 0.69 | 0.31 |
| Typhoid Fever | – | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | – | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.06 |
| Measles | 1.27 | 4.16 | 4.51 | 3.94 | 2.98 |
| Whooping Cough | 2.61 | 2.49 | 2.49 | 2.29 | 2.90 |
| Erysipelas | 0.24 | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.28 | 0.37 |
| Pneumonia | 0.56 | 0.97 | 1.13 | 0.32 | 0.93 |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births | |||||
| Infant Mortality:- | |||||
| Deaths under 1 yr.of age | 37 | 46 | 52 | 44 | 61 |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea & Enteritis (under 2 yrs. of age) | 8.57 | 4.8 | 7.3 | 4.4 | 10.1 |
* A dash (-) signifies that there were no deaths,
x. Information not available.
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