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Chigwell 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]
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Birth-rates, Civilian Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Vlaternal Mortality and Case-rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1940.
(Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns).
| — | England and Wales. | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London. | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25 000 to 50.000 at 1931 Census). | London Adminis-trative County. | Chigwell U.D.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Population. | |||||
| Births:— | |||||
| Live | 14.6 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 13.7 | 15.3 |
| Still | 0.55 | 0.64 | 0.55 | 0.44 | 0.56 |
| Deaths:— | |||||
| All Causes | 14.3 | 15.8 | 12. 8 | 17. 8 | 12.7 |
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fevers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Diphtheria | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Influenza | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.18 | 0.24 |
| Smallpox | - | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Notifications:— | |||||
| Enteric Fever | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.00 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.08 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.63 | 1.53 | 1.57 | 0.82 | 0.84 |
| Whooping Cough | 1.34 | 1.29 | 1.35 | 0.22 | 0.16 |
| Diphtheria | 1.16 | 1.29 | 1.21 | 0.61 | 0.08 |
| Erysipelas | 0.33 | 0.36 | 0.30 | 0.35 | 0.20 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Measles | 10.24 | 9.23 | 9.99 | 1.78 | 0.80 |
| Pneumonia | 1.20 | 1.37 | 1.00 | 0.87 | 0.56 |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | |||||
| Deaths under 1 year of age | 55 | 61 | 54 | 50 | 39 |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea & Enteritis under 2 years of age | 4.6 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 7.92 |
| Rates per 1,000 total Births (i.e., Live and Still). | |||||
| Maternal | |||||
| Mortality:— | |||||
| Excluding (abortion) | |||||
| Puerperal Infection | 0.52 | Not Available. | 0.25 | ||
| Others | 1.64 | - | |||
| TOTAL | 2 .16 | 0.25 | |||
| Notifications:— | |||||
| Puerperal Fever | 11.96 | 13.90 | 9.73 | 3.34 | 12.6 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 13.30 | ||||
It will be seen that the birth rate for the district shows a slight fall, whilst the
death rate has risen.
The infant mortality rate also increased slightly.