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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 1946
[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 1946
| Birthrate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | Percentage of Total Deaths. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Rnterio 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 | 19.1 | 0.53 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 4.4 | 43 | ||||
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 22.2 | 0.67 | 12.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 6.1 | 46 | ||||
| 148 Smaller Towns. Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931 | 21.3 | 0.59 | 11.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 2.8 | 37 | ||||
| London | 21.5 | 0.54 | 12.7 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 4.2 | 41 | ||||
| LEYTON | 21.81 | 0.52 | 11.53 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 3.1 | 28 | 83.7 | 3.3 | 13.0 | ... |