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 Wimbledon]
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Summary of Statistics
The following table shows the birth-rates and death-rates for Wimbledon, as compared with England and Wales, during the last ten years.
Year | Live-Birth Rale | Still-birth Rate | *Death-Rate | Maternal Mortality Rate | Infantile Mortality Rate | |||||
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Wim. | E. & W. | Wim. | E. & W. | Wim. | E.& W. | Wim. | E. & W. | Wim. | E.& W. | |
1938 | 11.89 | 15.1 | 0.40 | 0.60 | 10.78 | 11.6 | 2.77 | 2.97 | 45.84 | 53 |
1939 | 10.86 | 15.0 | 0.37 | 0.59 | 10.53 | 12.1 | 1.57 | 2.82 | 29.41 | 50 |
1940 | 12.20 | 14.6 | 0.42 | 0.55 | 13.92 | 14.3 | 1.67 | 2.16 | 43.40 | 55 |
1941 | 12.82 | 14.2 | 0.29 | 0.51 | 11.92 | 12.9 | — | 2.23 | 41.15 | 59 |
1942 | 15.46 | 15.8 | 0.47 | 0.54 | 12.44 | 11.6 | — | 2.01 | 41.95 | 49 |
1943 | 17.69 | 16.5 | 0.27 | 0.51 | 14.37 | 12.1 | 1.18 | 2.29 | 50.17 | 49 |
1944 | 15.62 | 17.6 | 0.53 | 0.50 | 13.21 | 11.6 | 2.76 | 1.93 | 37.14 | 46 |
1945 | 17.01 | 16.1 | 0.42 | 0.46 | 13.38 | 11.4 | 2.42 | 1.79 | 36.20 | 46 |
1946 | 18.90 | 19.1 | 0.64 | 0.53 | 13.51 | 11.5 | — | 1.43 | 23.14 | 43 |
1947 | 19.39 | 20.5 | 0.42 | 0.50 | 13.64 | 12.0 | 0.88 | 1.17 - | 18.03 | 41 |
*Since the year 1940 it has not been possible to correct the local death-rate by means of an Areal Comparability Factor,
as the publication of this Factor was suspended by the Registrar-General in 1941. Consequently it is not strictly
possible to compare the Death-Rate for Wimbledon with that for England and Wales.
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