London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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TABLE 1.
| Birth Rate per 1,000 Total Population and Annual Death Rates | England and Wales | 160 County Boroughs and Great Towns (Including London) | 160 Smaller Towns | London | Leyton |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth Rate per 1,000 total population | |||||
| Live Births | 15.3 | 16.9 | 15.5 | 17.6 | 12.09* |
| Still Births | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.28 |
| Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Population | |||||
| All causes | 11.3 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 12.6 | 11.23* |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Tuberculosis | 0.24 | 0.28 | 0.22 | 0.31 | 0.23 |
| Pneumonia | 0.47 | 0.52 | 0.43 | 0.58 | 0.68 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Influenza | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.00 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Rate per 1,000 Births All causes | |||||
| Under 1 year | 27.6 | 31.2 | 25.8 | 23.8 | 27.30 |
| Enteritis and Diarrhœa Under 2 years | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.00 |
*Adjusted by the Area comparability factor.
TABLE 2.
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| Disease | England and Wales | 160 County Boroughs and Great Towns | 160 Smaller Towns | London Administrative County | Leyton |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Meningococcal fever | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.00 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.53 | 1.75 | 1.58 | 1.56 | 3.18 |
| Whooping cough | 2.61 | 2.74 | 2.57 | 2.34 | |
| Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.64 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Measles | 8.86 | 10.11 | 8.49 | 9.23 | 15.64 |
| Pneumonia | 0.72 | 0.80 | 0.62 | 0.57 | 3.93 |
| Acute poliomyelitis Paralytic | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| Non-paralytic | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
| Food poisoning | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.19 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 17.87 (a) | 23.94(a) | 10.22(a) | 30.77(a) |
(a) Per 1,000 total (live and still births).