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 5.
Birth-bate, Death-rate and Analysis of Mortality During the Year 1938.
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. | 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 | 15.1 | 0.60 | 11.6 | — | — | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 5.5 | 53 | — | — | — | — |
126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 15.0 | 0.65 | 11.7 | — | — | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 7.8 | 57 | — | — | — | — |
148 Smaller Towns. Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931 | 15.4 | 0.60 | 11.0 | — | — | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 3.6 | 51 | — | — | — | — |
London | 13.4 | 0.48 | 11.4 | — | — | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 13.1 | 57 | — | — | — | — |
LEYTON | — | — |