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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 1942
[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 1942.
| England and Wales | 126 County Boro's and Great Towns including London | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25.000 to 50.000, 1931Census) | London Administrative County | Chislehuret and Sidecup Urban District | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRTHS: | Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population | ||||
| Live | 15.8 | 17.3 | 18.4 | 14.0 | 18.1 |
| Still | 0.54 | 0.66 | 0.62 | 0.48 | 0.50 |
| DEATHS: | |||||
| All Causes | 11.6 | 13. 3 | 12.1 | 13.9 | 9.7 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ... |
| Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0 03 | 0.02 | 0.00 | ... |
| Diphtheria | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0. 02 | 0.01 |
| Influenza | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.04 |
| Smallpox | .. | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 0. 01 | C.02 | 0.01 | 0 .01 | ... |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births | |||||
| Deaths under one year of age | 49 | 59 | 46 | 60 | 38 |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under two years | 5.2 | 7.5 | 4.8 | 8.6 | 0 9 |
| of age | |||||
| Rate per 1,000 Civilian Population | |||||
| NOTIFICATIONS: | |||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0 .01 | 0.01 | ... |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.11 |
| i) iu | |||||
| Scarlet Fever Whooping Cough | 2.19 | 2.19 | 2. 34 1.58 | 1.86 | 2.98 |
| Diphtheria | 1.05 | 1.35 | 0.91 | 0. 76 | 0 44 |
| Erysipelas | 0.30 | 0.36 | 0.26 | 0.43 | 0. 23 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | ... | 0.00 | ... |
| Measles | 7.46 | 9.27 | 7.39 | 8 62 | 7 91 |
| Pneumonia | 1.07 | 1.30 | 0.94 | 0.91 | 0.69 |
| MATERNAL MORTALITY: (excluding Abortion) | Rates per 1 000 Total Births (i.e. Li ve and Still) | ||||
| Puerperal Infection (No 147) | 0.42 | 0.88 | |||
| Others | 1.59 | Not available. | 3.54 | ||
| Total | 2.01 | 3.42 | |||
| NOTIFICATIONS: | 3.10 | ||||
| Puerperal Fever | 12.61 | 15.94 | 10.80 | 17.69 | 4.43 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | including Puerperal Fever | ||||