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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
Hornchurch 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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TABLE 1.
BIRTHRATES, CIVILIAN DEATH RATES AND
ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY.
Local Figures compared with England and Wales and certain towns.
| England and Wales | 1'26 C.B.s and Great Towns including London. | 148 Smaller Towns Resident Pop. '25,000-50,000 1931 Census. | London Adm. County | Hornehureh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population :— | |||||
| Live Births | 19.1‡ | 22.2 | 21.3 | 21.5 | 21.3 |
| Still Births | 0.53 | 0.67 | 0.59 | 0.54 | 0.57 |
| Deaths: | |||||
| All causes | 11.51 | 12.7 | 11.7 | 12.7 | 9.0 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | – |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | – |
| Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | – |
| Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | – |
| Influenza | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.08 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | – | – |
| Measles | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | – |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births :— | |||||
| Deaths under 1 year of age . | 43† | 46 | 37 | 41 | 41 |
| Deaths from diarrhoea and E under 2 year of age | 4.4 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 5.4 |
* A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths,
† Per 1,000 related births.
‡ Rates per 1,000 total population.