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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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BIRTH RATES, CIVILIAN DEATH RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY & CASE RATES
for certain Infectious Diseases in the Year 1940.
| England and Wales | 126 County Boro's. and Great Towns including London | 148 Smaller Towns Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000, 1931 Census | London Administrative County | Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Population | |||||
| BIRTHS: | |||||
| Liye | 14.6 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 13.7 | 15.9 |
| Still | 0. 55 | 0.64 | 0.55 | 0.44 | 0.51 |
| DEATHS: † | 1 | ||||
| All Causes Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 14.3 | 15.8 | 12.6 | 17.8 | 10.3 |
| Fevers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Scarlet Feyer | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Diphtheria | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.06 |
| Influenza | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.18 | 0.10 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 |
| Deaths under one year of Deaths from Diarrhoea and | Rates per 1,000 Live Births | ||||
| 55 | 61 | 54 | 50 | 44 | |
| Enteritis under two years of age | 4.6 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 1.95 |
| Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population | |||||
| NOTIFICATIONS: Enteric Fever | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.01 |
| Corebro Spinal Fever | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.06 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.63 | 1 53 | 1.57 | 0.82 | 1.05 |
| Whooping Cough | 1.31 | 1.29 | 1.35 | 0.22 | 0.18 |
| Diphtheria | 1.16 | 1.29 | 1.21 | 0.61 | 0.09 |
| Erysipelas | 0.33 | 0.36 | 0.30 | 0.35 | 0.26 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | ||||
| Measles | 0.24 | 9.23 | 9.99 | 1.78 | 2.37 |
| Pneumonia | 1.20 | 1.37 | 1.00 | 0.87 | 0.95 |
| MATERNAL MORTALITY: (excluding abortion) | Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e. Live and Still) | ||||
| Puerperal Infection (No. 147) | 0.52 | Not available. | 0.94 | ||
| Others | 3.64 | 0.00 | |||
| Total | 2.16 | 0.94 | |||
| NOTIFICATIONS: | 3.34 | 2.83 | |||
| Puerperal Fever | 11.96 | 13.90 | 9.73 | 13.30* | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | |||||
Including Puerperal Fevers
†A dash signifies that there were no Deaths