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 Orsett]
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BIRTH-RATE, DEATH-RATE, AND ANALYSIS OP MORTALITY During the Year 1931. (Provisional Figures).
— | Rate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death-bate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births | Percentage of Total Deaths | |||||||||||||
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All Causes | Enteric Fever | Small-pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Violence | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under Two years) | Total Deaths under One year | Certified by Registered Medical Practitioners | Inquest Cases | Certified by Coroner after P.M. No Inquest | Uncertified Cause of Death | |||
Live Births. | Stillbirths | ||||||||||||||||
England and Wales | 15.8 | 0.67 | 12.3 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.36 | 0.54 | 6.0 | 66 | 91.18 | 6.17 | 1.70 | 0.95 |
107 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 16.0 | 0.67 | 12.3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 001 | 007 | 0.08 | 0.33 | 0.48 | 8.4 | 71 | 91.43 | 5.84 | 2.24 | 0.49 |
159 Smaller Towns (1921 Adjusted Populations 20,000.50,000) | 15.6 | 0.73 | 11.3 | 0..00 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.36 | 0.43 | 4.0 | 62 | 92.17 | 5.49 | 1.25 | 1.09 |
London | 15.0 | 0.50 | 12.4 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.26 | 0.57 | 9.7 | 65 | 89.52 | 6.23 | 4.24 | 0.01 |
*Orsett | 17.1 | 0.63 | 10.1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.44 | 0.39 | 2.8 | 57 | 94.65 | 3.91 | 1.35 | 0.09 |
Puerperal Sepsis. | others | Total. | |||||||||||||||
The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales are as follows | per 1,000 Live Births | 1.66 | 2.45 | 4.11 | |||||||||||||
„ „ Total Births | 1.59 | 2.35 | 3.95 |