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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
Leyton 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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TABLE 7.
Birth-rate, Death-bate and Analysis of Mortality During tte Year 1939.
| Birthrate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | Percentage of Total Deaths. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 15.0 | 0.59 | 12.1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.21 | 4.6 | 50 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 14.8 | 0.59 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.19 | 6.3 | 53 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 148 Smaller Towns. Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931 | 15.6 | 0.57 | 11.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.20 | 3.0 | 40 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| London | 12.3 | 0.44 | 11.9 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.18 | 8.2 | 48 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| LEYTON | 12.90 | 0.30 | 11.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.20 | 2.00 | 31 | 87.92 | 4.91 | 7.16 | 0.01 |