London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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BIRTH RATES, CIVILIAN DEATH RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY AND MATERNAL MORTALITY, 1948.
Local figures compared with England and Wales and certain towns.
| England and Wales | 126 C.B.s and Great Towns including London. | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Pop. 25,000-50,000 at 1931 Census) | London Admin. County. | Horn church. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population. | |||||
| Live Births | 17.9(a) | 20.0 | 19.2 | 20.1 | 17.27 |
| Still Births | 0.42(a) | 0.52 | 0.43 | 0.39 | 0.34 |
| All Causes | 10.8(a) | 11.6 | 10.7 | 11.6 | 8.2 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Tuberculosis | 0.51 | 0.59 | 0.46 | 0.63 | 0.43 |
| Influenza | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute poliomyelitis & Polioencephalitis | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Pneumonia | 0.41 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.54 | 0.29 |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | |||||
| All causes under 1 year of age | 34(b) | 39 | 32 | 31 | 34.3 |
| Enteritis and Diarrhoea under 2 years of age | 3.3 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 4.1 |
| Maternal Mortality : Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births. | |||||
| Abortion with Sepsis | 0.11 | 0.56 | |||
| Abortion without Sepsis | 0.05 | - | |||
| Puerperal infections | 0.13 | - | |||
| Other maternal causes | 0.73 | 1.12 | |||
| A dash (-) signifies that there were no deaths. | |||||
| (a) Rates per 1,000 total population. | |||||
| (b) Per 1,000 related births. | |||||