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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
Acton 1916
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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1916
TABLE 1.
DEATH-RATE AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY-1916.
| Annual Death per 1,000 Living. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Enteric Fever | Small Pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Diarrhœa and Enteritis | Deaths under 1 year | |
| England and Wales | 14.0 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.04 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 12.47 | 91 |
| 9G Great Towns (including London). Census population exceeding 50,000 | 14.4 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 0.04 | 0.21 | 0.15 | 16.24 | 99 |
| 146 Smaller Towns (census population 20,000—50,000) | 13.0 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 10.79 | 90 |
| London | 14.3 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.03 | 0.18 | 0.14 | 15.80 | 89 |
| Acton | 11.8 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.017 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 8.3 | 77 |