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 Leyton]
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TABLE 6.
Birth rate, Death-rate and Analysis of Mortality During the Year 1935.
Birthrate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | Percentage of Total Deaths. | ||||||||||||||
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All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 Years). | Total Deaths under 1 Year. | Certified by Registered Medical Practitioners. | Inquest Cases. | Certified by Coroner after P.M. No Inquest. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | |||
Live Births. | Still Births. | ||||||||||||||||
England and Wales | 14.7 | 0.62 | 11.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.18 | 0.52 | 5.7 | 57 | - | - | - | - |
121 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 14.8 | 0.68 | 11.8 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.45 | 7.9 | 62 | - | - | - | - |
140 Smaller Towns. Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931 | 14.8 | 0.64 | 11.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 0.41 | 3.8 | 55 | - | - | - | - |
London | 13.3 | 0.52 | 11.4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.51 | 11.2 | 58 | — | — | - | - |
LEYTON | 12.26 | 0.36 | 10.06 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.44 | 4.01 | 40 | 89.1 | 4.3 | 6.5 | 0.0 |