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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
Wanstead and Woodford 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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Birth-rates. Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Death-rates,
and Case-rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1938. England and Wales, London, 125 Great Towns and 148 8maller Towns. (Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns)
| England and Wales | 125 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census) | London Administrative County | Borough of WANSTEAD and WOODFORD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Population | |||||
| Live | 15.1 | 15.0 | 15.4 | 13.4 | 13.6 |
| Still | 0.60 | 0.65 | 0.60 | 0.48 | 0.36 |
| All Causes | 11.6 | 11.7 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 9.5 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | — | 0.00 |
| Measles | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.00 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.00 |
| Diphtheria | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.02 |
| Influenza | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.02 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2.41 | 2.60 | 2.58 | 2.05 | 1.51 |
| Diphtheria | 1.85 | 1.53 | 1.90 | 0.64 | |
| Enteric Fever | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.02 |
| Erysipelas | 0.40 | 0.46 | 0.39 | 0.46 | 0.44 |
| Pneumonia | 1.10 | 1.28 | 0.98 | 0.98 | 0.71 |
| Deaths under 1 year of age | Rates per 1,000 Live Births | ||||
| 53 | 57 | 51 | 57 | 31 | |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 5.5 | 7.8 | 3.6 | 13.1 | 27 |
| Puerperal Sepsis | 0.89 | 0.00 | |||
| Others | 2.19 | Not available | 0.00 | ||
| Total | 3.08 | 0.00 | |||
| Rates per 1,000 Total Births {i.e. Live & Still) | |||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 0.86 | 0.00 | |||
| Others | 2.11 | Not av ailable | 0.00 | ||
| Total | 2:97 | 0.00 | |||
| Puerperal Fever Puerperal Pyrexia | 14.42 | 18.08 | 12.51 | 3.53 15.46 | 14.78 |