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 Barnes]
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Table 3.—Birth-rate, Death-rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the Year 1940, with corresponding rates for england and wales, 126 great towns, 148 smaller towns, and for the County of London for comparison.
Birthrate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population. | Death rate per l 000 Births. | Matfrnal Mortality Rate per 1,000 Total Births | |||||||||||
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All Causes | Enteric Fever. | Small-pox | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years. | Total Deaths under One Year. | All Causes. | Puerperal Infection. | Other Causes. | ||
England and Wales | 14.6 | 14.3 | — | — | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.32 | 4.6 | 55 | 2.16 | 0.52 | 1.64 |
126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 16.0 | 15.8 | - | - | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.29 | 5.9 | 61 | Not available | ||
148 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931) | 15.7 | 12.8 | - | - | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.30 | 4.4 | 54 | |||
London | 13.7 | 17.8 | — | - | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.18 | 5.8 | 50 | |||
- | - | - | — | — | 0.03 | 0.40 | 5.9 | 35 | 5.64 | — | 5.64 |