Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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BIRTH-RATES, DEATH-RATES, ANALYSIS OF
MORTALITY, MATERNAL DEATH-RATES, AND CASERATES
FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE
YEAR 1938.
England and Wales, London, 126 Great Towns and 148 Smaller Towns. (Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns.)
England and Wales | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census) | London Administrative County | Hayes and Harlington | |
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Rates per 1,000 Population | |||||
BIRTHS:— | |||||
Live | 15.1 | 15.0 | 15.4 | 13.4 | 20.8 |
Still | 0.60 | 0.65 | 0.60 | 0.48 | 0.61 |
DEATHS:— | |||||
All Causes | 11.6 | 11.7 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 10.1 |
Typhoid and Para typhoid fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Smallpox | 0.00 | - | 0.00 | - | 0.00 |
Measles | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.07 |
Scarlet fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Whooping Cough | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
Diphtheria | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.00 |
Influenza | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.07 |
NOTIFICATIONS | |||||
Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 |
Scarlet fever | 2.41 | 2.60 | 2.58 | 2.05 | 1.98 |
Diphtheria | 1.58 | 1.85 | 1.53 | 1.90 | 0.48 |
Enteric fever | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.00 |
Erysipelas | 0.40 | 0.46 | 0.39 | 0.46 | 0.09 |
Pneumonia | 1.10 | 1.28 | 0.98 | 0.98 | 0.36 |
Rates per 1,000 Live Births | |||||
Deaths under 1 year of age | 53 | 57 | 51 | 57 | 59 |
Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis under 2 years of | 5.5 | 7.8 | 3.6 | 13.1 | 8.7 |
MATERNAL MORTALITY:- | |||||
Puerperal Sepsis | 0.89 | Not available | 0.00 | ||
Others | 2.19 | 1.09 | |||
Total | 3.08 | 11.09 | |||
Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e.. Live and Still) | |||||
MATERNITY MORTALITY:- | |||||
Puerperal Sepsis | 0.86 | Not available | 0.00 | ||
Other | 2.11 | 1.06 | |||
Total | 2.97 | 1.06 | |||
NOTIFICATIONSL:- | |||||
Puerperal fever | 14.42 | 18.08 | 12.51 | 3.53 | 7.44 |
Puerperal pyrexia | 15.46 |