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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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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Live | 15.5 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 17 8 | 12.4 |
Still | 0.36 | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.34 |
All Causes | 12.5 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 10.8 |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - |
Whooping Cough | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
Tuberculosis | 0.31 | 0.37 | 0.31 | 0.38 | 0.21 |
Influenza | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0 38 | 0.23 | 0.26 |
Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | - |
Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | - |
Pneumonia | 0.61 | 0.65 | 0.63 | 0.61 | 0.68 |
Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | - |
Paratyphoid Fever | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | - |
Meningococcal Infection | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | - |
Scarlet Fever | 1.11 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.10 | 0.76 |
Whooping Cough | 3.87 | 3.62 | 4.00 | 3.11 | 6.90 |
Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | - |
Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.08 |
Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | - |
Measles | 14.07 | 13.93 | 14.82 | 14.64 | 17.54 |
Pneumonia | 0.99 | 1.04 | 0-96 | 0.72 | 0.79 |
Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis): | |||||
Paralytic | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | - |
Non-Paralytic | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | - |
Food Poisoning | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.11 |
All causes under 1 year of age | 29.6 | 33.9 | 27.6 | 26.4 | 14.2 |
Enteritis and Diarrhoea under 2 years | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.70 | - |
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia | 10.66 | 13.77 | 8.08 | 14.90 | 26.6 |