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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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BIRTH RATES, CIVILIAN DEATH KATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY AND CASE RATES for certain Infectious Diseases in the Year, 1944.
| 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 Civilian Population | |||||
| BIRTHS: | |||||
| Live | 17.6 | 20.3 | 20.9 | 15.0 | 20.0 |
| Still | 0.50 | 0.64 | 0.61 | 0.42 | 0.38 |
| DEATHS: | |||||
| All Causes | 11.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 15.7 | 10.7 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.01 |
| Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 |
| Influenza | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.12 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Measles | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births | |||||
| Deaths under one year of age | 46 | 52 | 44 | 61 | 26 |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under two years of age | 4.8 | 7.3 | 4.4 | 10.1 | 4.3 |
| Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population | |||||
| NOTIFICATIONS: | |||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.0l |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.01 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2.40 | 2.41 | 2.67 | 1.57 | 3.58 |
| Whooping Cough | 2.49 | 2.49 | 2.29 | 2.90 | 4.29 |
| Diphtheria | 0.68 | 0.67 | 0.69 | 0.31 | 0.69 |
| Erysipelas | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.28 | 0.37 | 0.34 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Measles | 4.16 | 4.51 | 3.95 | 2.98 | 8.21 |
| Pneumonia | 0.97 | 1.13 | 0.82 | 0.93 | 0 83 |
| Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e. Live and Still) | |||||
| NOTIFICATIONS: | |||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 10.31 | 13.13 | 9.25 | 14.14 3.61 | 3.40 |
| Puerperal Fever | |||||