London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1948
[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 1948.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births: | ‡(Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population) | ||||
| Live | 17.9* | 20.0 | 19.2 | 20.1 | 16.0 |
| Still | 0 43* | 0.52 | 0.43 | 0.39 | 0.32 |
| Deaths: | |||||
| All Causes | 10.8* | 11.6 | 10.7 | 11.6 | 10.1 |
| Typhoid and | |||||
| Paratyphoid | - | - | - | - | |
| Tuberculosis | 0.51 | 0.59 | 0.46 | 0.63 | 0.34 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | - |
| Influenza | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0 04 | 0.02 | - |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | |||||
| and Polioencephalitis | 0 01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | - |
| Pneumonia | 0.41 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.54 | 0.28 |
| All causes under | (Rates per 1,000 Live Births) | ||||
| 1 year of age | 34.0† | 39.0 | 32.0 | 31.0 | 32.7 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 33 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.1 |
| ‡ 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 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | - |
| Paratyphoid | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0 03 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.73 | 1.90 | 1.82 | 1.37 | 0 81 |
| Whooping Cough | 3.42 | 3.51 | 3 31 | 3.13 | 3.95 |
| Diphtheria | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.03 |
| Erysipelas | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0 22 | 0.21 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 9.34 | 9.75 | 8.84 | 9.17 | 7.39 |
| Pneumonia | 0.73 | 0.84 | 060 | 0.57 | 0.56 |
| (Rates per 1,000 Total Births [Live and Still]) | |||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia and Fever | 6.89 | 8.90 | 4.71 | 7.34 | 9.03 |