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 Chigwell]
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Death rath of Infants Under 1 Year of age:
All Infants per 1,000 live births 33
Legitimate Infants, per 1,000 legitimate live births 33
Illegitimate „ „ „ illegitimate „ 27
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 51
„ „ Measles (all ages) 1
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) 0
., „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 2
„ Road Traffic 3
„ „ Suicide 2
„ Other Violent Causes 4
Analysis of Deaths according to Age Incidence.
Age. | No. of Deaths. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1943. | 1942. | 1941. | 1940. | 1939. | |
Under 1 year | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 11 |
1 and under 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
2 „ „ 5 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 |
5 „„ 15 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
15 „ „ 25 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
25 „ „ 35 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 5 |
35 „ „ 45 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 20 | 16 |
45 „ „ 55 | 24 | 18 | 32 | 28 | 12 |
55 „ „ 65 | 42 | 40 | 46 | 50 | 36 |
65 „ „ 75 | 62 | 66 | 68 | 57 | 48 |
75 and upwards | 95 | 80 | 79 | 96 | 63 |
Total | 267 | 248 | 290 | 292 | 210 |
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH RATE.
1940 | 24,850 | 380 | 15.3 | 296 | 12.7 | 15 | 39 |
1941 | 25,070 | 331 | 13.2 | 294 | 11.7 | 17 | 52 |
1942 | 24,860 | 417 | 16.7 | 249 | 10.0 | 16 | 38 |
1943 | 24,680 | 479 | 19.4 | 267 | 10.81 | 16 | 33 |
*The death rates from 1941/43 have not been corrected by the use of the area comparatibility figure so are not strictly comparable with those of 1939/40. |