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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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TABLE 5.
Birth-rate, Death-rate and Analysis of Mortality During the Year 1944
| 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 | 17.6 | 0.50 | 11.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.12 | 4.8 | 46 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 20.3 | 0.64 | 13.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 7.3 | 52 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 148 Smaller Towns. Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931 | 20.9 | 0.61 | 12.4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 4.4 | 44 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| London | 15.0 | 0.42 | 15.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 10.1 | 61 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| LEYTON | 18.87 | 0.63 | 15.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 5.5 | 42 | 84.68 | 3.27 | 11.90 | ... |