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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

Chislehurst 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]

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Table: BIRTH RATES, DEATH RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL DEATH RATES, AND CASE-RATES FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE YEAR 1938.

BIRTH RATES, DEATH RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL DEATH RATES, AND CASE-RATES FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE YEAR 1938.

England and Wales126 County Bora's. and Great Towns including London148 Smaller Towns Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000, 1931 CensusLondon Administrative CountyChislehurst and Sidcup Urban District]
BIRTHS:Rates per 1,000 Population
Live15.115.015.413.416.8
Still0.600.650.600.480.43
DEATHS: All Causes11.611.711.011.48.5
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers0.000.000.000.000.00
Smallpox0.00000
Measlea0.040.000.080.060.00
Scarlet Fever0.010.010.010 010.00
Whooping Cough0.030.030.020.030.00
Diphtheria0.070.070.060.050.01
Influenza0.110.100.110 060.03
NOTIFICATIONS: Smallpox0000.000.00......
Scarlet Fever2.412.602 582.052.26
Diphtheria1.581.851 S31.901.23
Enteric Fever0.030.030.040.050.8
Erysipelas0.400.460.390.460.21
Pneumonia1.101.280.980.9053
Rates per 1000 Live Births
Deaths under one year of age5357515736
Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under two years of age6.57.83.613.13.85
MATERNAL MORTALITY: Puerperal Sepsis0.89| Not available.1.92
Others2.13
Total3.081.92
Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e. Live and Still
MATERNAL MORTALITY: Puerperal Sepsis0.86Not available.187
Others2.11
Total2.971.87
NOTIFICATIONS: Puerperal Fever14.4218.0812.513.5318.14
Puerperal Pyrexia15.46