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 the year 1934
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- | Rate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | Percentage of Total Deaths. | |||||||||||||
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All Causes. | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhœa 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 | 14.8 | 0.62 | 11.8 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0. 02 | 0. 05 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.54 | 5.5 | 59 | 90.4 | 6.5 | 2.1 | 1.0 |
121 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 14.7 | 0.66 | 11.8 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.47 | 7.4 | 63 | 90.5 | 6.1 | 2.9 | 0.5 |
135 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1931). | 15.0 | 0.67 | 11.3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.42 | 3.6 | 53 | 91.2 | 6.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
London | 13.2 | 0.50 | 11.9 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.56 | 12.6 | 67 | 87.7 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
Chelsea | 10.8 | 0.44 | 13.4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 0.29 | 0.86 | 11.1 | 65 | 88.5 | 8.2 | 3.3 | 0.0 |
The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales are as follows:-
Puerperal Sepsis.
Others.
Total.
Per 1,000 live births 2.03 2.57 4. 60
Per 1,000 total births 1.95 2.46 4.41