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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
Edmonton 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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INFANTILE MORTALITY
| M | F | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 31 | 23 | 54 | |||||||
| Illegitimate | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 32 | 24 | 56 | ||||||||
| The death-rate of all infants per 1,000 live births was 39.5. A detailed | ||||||||||
| sub-division of the causes etc., of theso infants deaths is as follows:- | ||||||||||
| MALES | ||||||||||
| Causes of Death | Under 1 week | Total | Total under lyear | |||||||
| 2nd week | 3rd week | 4th week | under 1 mth | 1-3 mths | 3-6 mth! | 6-9 s mths | 9-12 mths | |||
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | 2 | - | 8 |
| Violence | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Congenital Debility | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Premature Birth | 4 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| Injury at Birth | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Atelaetasis | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Asphyxia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Congenital Malformations | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Other Causes | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Totals | 16 | 2 | - | - | 18 | 4 | 6 | 4 | - | 32 |
| FEMALES | ||||||||||
| Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | . - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| Violence | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Congenital Malformations | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 5 |
| Congenital Debility | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Premature Birth | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Injury at Birth | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Ateactasis | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Asphyxia Neonatorum | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Totals | 10 | 1 | 1 | - | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | - | 24 |
COMPARATIVE STATISTICS
The Registrar-General has forwarded provisional figures relating to the Country as a whole, and to London, enabling comparisons to be undo as follows:-
| Birth-rate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| per 1,000 | Death-rate per 1,000 births | |||||
| population | From diarrhoea etc., | Total deaths | ||||
| Live Still | under 2 years | under 1 year | ||||
| England and Wales | 14.6 | 0.55 | 4.6 | 55 | ||
| London | 13.7 | 0.44 | 5.8. | 50 | ||
| EDMONTON | 15.4 | 0.55 | 2.12 | 39.5 | ||
| ANNUAL DEATH RATE PER 1,000 OF POPULATION | ||||||
| All Cause's | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Whoop Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | |
| England and Wales 14.3 | .02 | .00 | .02 | .06 | .32 | |
| London 17.8 | .01 | .00 | .00 | .01 | .18 | |
| EDMONTON 10.93 | .01 | .00 | .00 | .01 | .06 | |
The following table gives the number of births and deaths (registered)
sub-divided into the four wards of tho Borough. It should be remembered that
births are only of those which occurred in Edmonton and of course of Edmonton
addresses; these are registered in Edmonton. Births which take place outside
the Borough arc not included; this fact accounts for the difference between
these figures and those supplied by the Registrar-General. The deaths include
those taking place outside the Borough, the information being given us
quarterly by the Registrar-Goneral.