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 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 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 15.7 | 17.5 | 11.89* |
Still Births | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.34 | 0.38 | .28 |
22.4(a) | 24.8(a) | 21.4(a) | 21.0(a) | 22.17(a) | |
Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Population | |||||
All Causes | 11.4 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 12.5 | 17.89* |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | ... | ... | 0.00 |
Whooping Cough. | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ... | 0.00 |
Tuberculosis | 0.20 | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.24 | 0.28 |
Influenza | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.13 |
Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ... | 0.00 |
Acute Poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Pneumonia | 0.55 | 0.59 | 0.52 | 0.64 | 1.61 |
Deaths All causes Under 1 year | 26.8(6) | 30.8 | 24.3 | 24.8 | 23.45 |
Enteritis and Diarrhoea Under 2 years of age | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.01 |
* Adjusted by the area comparability factor.
(a) Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births.
(b) Per 1,000 related Live Births.
• TABLE 2.
Disease | England and Wales | 160 County Boroughs and Great Towns | 160 Smaller Towns | London Administrative County | Leyton |
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Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Meningococcal fever | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.00 |
Scarlet Fever | 1.39 | 1.50 | 1.44 | 1.02 | 2.68 |
Whooping cough | 3.58 | -3.72 | 3.38 | 3.30 | 5.47 |
Dipht heria | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.46 |
Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
Measles | 12.36 | 11.27 | 12.32 | 8.09 | 8.91 |
Pneumonia | 0.84 | 0.92 | 0.76 | 0.73 | 4.69 |
Acute poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis) Paralvtic | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.03 |
Non-paralytic | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
Food poisoning | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.38 | 0.25 |
Puerperal pyrexia | 18.23(a) | 24.33(a) | 12.46(a) | 28.61(a) | 33.67(a) |
(a) Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births.