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 | 160 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 160 Smaller Towns (Resident populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1951 Census) | London Administrative County | Borough of WAN STEAD and WOODFORD | |
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(Rates per 1,000 Home Population) | |||||
Live | 15.5 | 17.0 | 15.7 | 17.5 | 12.9 |
Still | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.34 | 0.38 | 0.18 |
All Causes | 11.4 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 12.5 | 10.4 |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - | - |
Whooping Cough | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 |
Tuberculosis | 0.20 | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.24 | 0.08 |
Influenza | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.22 |
Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Pneumonia | 0.55 | 0.59 | 0.52 | 0.64 | 0.52 |
Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
Meningococcal Infection | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | - |
Scarlet Fever | 1.39 | 1.50 | 1.44 | 1.02 | 1.33 |
Whooping Cough | 3 58 | 3.72 | 3.38 | 3.30 | 2.81 |
Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.03 |
Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.11 |
Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
Measles | 12.36 | 11.27 | 12.32 | 8.09 | 11.00 |
Pneumonia | 0.84 | 0.92 | 0.76 | 0.73 | 0.66 |
Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis): | |||||
Paralytic | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.16 |
Non-Paralytic | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.05 |
Food Poisoning | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.38 | 0.06 |
(Rates per 1,000 Live Births). | |||||
All causes under 1 year of age | 26.8 | 30.8 | 24.3 | 24.8 | 25.2 |
Enteritis and Diarrhoea under 2 year | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | - |
Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still) | |||||
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia | 18.23 | 24.33 | 12.46 | 28.61 | 82.29 |