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 Wanstead and Woodford]
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Birth-rates, Civilian Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality, and Case-rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1947.
England and Wales, London, 126 Great Towns and 148 Smaller Towns. (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 Administrative County | Borough of WANSTEAD and WOODFORD | |
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Births: | ‡(Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population) | ||||
Live | 20.5* | 23.3 | 22.2 | 22.7 | 19.8 |
Still | 0.50* | 0.62 | 0.54 | 0.49 | 0.46 |
Deaths: | |||||
All Causes | 12.0* | 13.0 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 10.9 |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
Influenza | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.16 |
Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
Measles | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | — |
All causes under | (Rates per 1,000 Live Births) | ||||
1 year of age | 41.0† | 47.0 | 36.0 | 37.0 | 30.0 |
Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 5.8 | 8.0 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 1.6 |
‡A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths | |||||
*Rates per 1,000 Total Population | |||||
†Per 1,000 related births | |||||
Notifications: | (Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population) | ||||
Typhoid | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Paratyphoid | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
Cerebro Spinal Fever | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.09 |
Scarlet Fever | 1.38 | 1.54 | 1.37 | 1.37 | 0.97 |
Whooping Cough | 2.22 | 2.41 | 2.02 | 2.02 | 3.94 |
Diphtheria | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.01 |
Erysipelas | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.13 |
Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Measles | 9.41 | 9.13 | 9.58 | 9.58 | 15.64 |
Pneumonia | 0.79 | 0.89 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 1.26 |
(Rates per 1,000 Total Births [Live and Still]) | |||||
Puerperal Pyrexia | 7.16 | 8.99** | 6.27 | 1.21 | 7.32 |
Puerperal Fever | 6.94 | ||||
**Includes Puerperal Fever |