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 London County Council]
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Table 8—Maternal mortality (excluding abortion) — London and England & Wales 1941.50
(Rates per 1,000 total births) | ||||||||||
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1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | |
Puerperal sepsis:— | ||||||||||
London | 0.46 | 0.29 | 0.24 | 0.17 | 0.26 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.02 | — |
England and Wales | 0.48 | 0.42 | 0.39 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.18 | 0.16 | 013 | 0.11 | 0.12 |
Other causes :— | ||||||||||
London | 113 | 1 .27 | 1.06 | 0.85 | 1.09 | 0.80 | 0.55 | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.53 |
England and Wales | 1.77 | 1.60 | 1.44 | 1.24 | 1.23 | 1.06 | 0.86 | 0.73 | 0.71 | 0.60 |
Table 10—Primary notifications (a) of and deaths from tuberculosis in the
Year | Pulmonary tuberculosis | Non.pulmonary tuberculosis | ||||||
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Formal Primary notifications | Deaths | Formal primary notifications | Deaths | |||||
No. | Annual rate per 1.000 living | No. | Annual rate per 1,000 living | No. | Annual rate per 1,000 living | No. | Annual rate per 1,000 living | |
1913 | (6) 19,218 | 4.25 | 5,863 | 1.30 | (b) 6,436 | 1.42 | 1,611 | 0.36 |
1914 | (b) 16,467 | 3.64 | 6,331 | 1.40 | 0.85 | 1,666 | 0.37 | |
1915 | (b) 14,712 | 3.26 | 6,715 | 1.49 | (b) 3,949 | 0.88 | 1,841 | 0.41 |
1916 | (b) 13,547 | 3.01 | 6,364 | 1.41 | (b) 4,084 | 0.91 | 1,641 | 0.36 |
1917 | (b) 14,870 | 3.31 | 6,768 | 1.51 | (b) 3,864 | 0.86 | 1,715 | 0.38 |
1918 | (b) 15,670 | 3.50 | 6,920 | 1.55 | 0.79 | 1,526 | 0.34 | |
1919 | (b) 12,358 | 2.76 | 5,197 | 1.16 | (b) 3,231 | 0.72 | 1,127 | 0.25 |
1920 | 9,202 | 2.06 | 4,675 | 1.04 | 2,461 | 0.55 | 1,070 | 0.24 |
1921.25 | 38,807 | 1.71 | 22,980 | 1.01 | 10,881 | 0.48 | 4,383 | 0.19 |
1926.30 | 34,353 | 1.53 | 20,247 | 0.90 | 8,971 | 0.40 | 3,080 | 0.14 |
1931.35 | 29,569 | 1.38 | 17,075 | 0.79 | 6,322 | 0.29 | 2,354 | 0.11 |
1936 | 5,176 | 1.25 | 2,849 | 0.69 | 1,056 | 0.26 | 363 | 0.09 |
1937 | 5,455 | 1.33 | 2,888 | 0.71 | 1,014 | 0.25 | 351 | 0.09 |
1938 | 5,200 | 1.28 | 2,590 | 0.64 | 982 | 0.24 | 347 | 0.09 |
1939 | 4,691 | 1.24 | 2,650 | 0.70 | 805 | 0.21 | 302 | 0.08 |
1940 | 4,326 | 1.34 | 2,687 | 0.83 | 653 | 0.20 | 318 | 0.10 |
1941 | 4,577 | 1.83 | 2,552 | 1.02 | 675 | 0.27 | 343 | 0.14 |
1942 | 4,734 | 1.80 | 2,164 | 0.82 | 796 | 0.30 | 283 | 0.11 |
1943 | 5,066 | 1.82 | 2,204 | 0.79 | 782 | 0.28 | 256 | 0.09 |
1944 | 5,056 | 1.84 | 2,073 | 0.75 | 673 | 0.24 | 237 | 0.09 |
1945 | 4,893 | 1.68 | 2,033 | 0.70 | 614 | 0.21 | 224 | 0.08 |
1946 | 5,137 | 1.57 | 1,940 | 0.59 | 611 | 0.19 | 243 | 0.07 |
1947 | 5,421 | 1.58 | 2,044 | 0.60 | 662 | 0.19 | 252 | 0.07 |
1948 | 5,473 | 1.61 | 1,900 | 0.56 | 600 | 0.18 | 202 | 0.06 |
1949 | 5,699 | 1.68 | 1,585 | 0.47 | 553 | 0.16 | 156 | 0 .05 |
1950 | 5,189 | 1.53 | 1,225 | 0.36 I | 529 | 0.16 | 122 | 0.04 |
(a) Excluding posthumous cases. (b) Not chocked for duplicates.