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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
Sutton and Cheam 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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BIRTH-RATES, DEATH-RATES AND ANALYSIS OF
MORTALITY IN THE YEAR, 1938.
England and Wales, 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns,
and 148 Smaller Towns.
| — | Rate per 1,000 Population. | Annual Death rate per 1,000 population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Typhoid and Para-typhoid fevers. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Diarrhœa and Enteritis Hinder 2 Years). | Total Deaths under One Year. | |||||
| Live Births. | Still Births. | |||||||||||||
| England and Wales | 151 | 0.60 | 11.6 | 0.00 | - | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 5.5 | 53 | ||
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 15.0 | 0.65 | 11.7 | 0.00 | - | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 7.8 | 57 | ||
| 148 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1931) | 15.4 | 0.60 | 11.0 | 0.00 | - | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 3.6 | 57 | ||
| London | 13.4 | 0.48 | 11.4 | 0.00 | - | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 13.1 | 57 | ||
| Sutton and Cheam | 15.9 | 0.48 | 9.1 | 0.00 | - | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 1.6 | 28 | ||
| Puerperal Sepsis. | Others. | Total. | ||||||||||||
| The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales are as follows : | per 1,000 Live Births | 0.89 | 2.19 | 3.08 | ||||||||||
| ,, ,, Total Births | 0.86 | 2.11 | 2.97 | |||||||||||
| „ „ ,, „ Sutton & Cheam are as follows : | per 1,000 Live Births | 0.83 | 2.49 | 3.32 | ||||||||||
| ,, „ Total Births | 0.81 | 2.41 | 3.22 | |||||||||||