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-RATES, DEATH-RATES, AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY
During the Year 1933. (Provisional Figures).
(The Mortality Rates for England and Wales refer to the whole population, but for towns to civilians only).
— | Rate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death-bate peb 1,000 Population. | Rate peb 1,000 Live Bibths. | Percentage of Total Deaths | ||||||||||||||
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All Causes | Typhoid and Paratyphoid 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 Causes of Death | ||||
Live Births. | Stillbirths | |||||||||||||||||
England and Wales | 14.4 | 0.62 | 12.3 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.57 | 0.54 | 7.1 | 64 | 90.9 | 6.3 | 1.9 | 0.9 | |
118 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 14.4 | 0.67 | 12.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.55 | 0.49 | 9.4 | 67 | 91.0 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | |
132 Small Towns (Estimated Resident Populations, 25,000-50,000 at Census 1931) | 14.5 | 0.63 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.53 | 0.44 | 4.9 | 56 | 91.7 | 5.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | |
London | 13.2 | 0.45 | 12.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.51 | 0.58 | 11.6 | 59 | 88.3 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 0.0 | |
Orsett | 15.5 | 0.31 | 89 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.57 | 0.57 | 2.9 | 40 | 92.1 | 6.5 | 1.4 | 0.0 | |
The Maternal Mortality rates for England & Wales are as follows : | Puperal Sepsis. | Others. | Total. | |||||||||||||||
per 1,000 Live Births | 1.79 | 2.63 | 4.42 | |||||||||||||||
,, ,, Total Births | 1.71 | 2.52 | 4.23 |