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 Orpington]
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Birth-rates, Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Death-rates, and Case-rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1937.
England and Wales, London, 125 Great Towns and 148 Smaller Towns.
England and Wales | 125 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census) | London Administrative County | Orpington Urban District | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rates per 1,000 Population | |||||
14.9 | 14.9 | 15.3 | 13.3 | 18.0 | |
Still | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0.54 | 0.57 |
12.4 | 12.5 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 8.6 | |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — |
Measles | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Scarlet Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Whooping Cough | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.00 |
Diphtheria | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 |
Influenza | 0.45 | 0.39 | 0.42 | 0.38 | 0.18 |
Violence | 0.54 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.51 | 0.50 |
0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
Scarlet Fever | 2.33 | 2.56 | 2.42 | 2.09 | 1.67 |
Diphtheria | 1.49 | 1.81 | 1.38 | 1.93 | 121 |
Enteric Fever | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0 09 |
Erysipelas | 0.37 | 0.43 | 0.34 | 0.44 | 0.43 |
Pneumonia | 1.36 | 1.58 | 1.20 | 1.18 | 0.61 |
Rates per 1,000 Live Births | |||||
Deaths under 1 year of age | 58 | 62 | 55 | 60 | 52 |
Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 5.8 | 7.9 | 3.2 | 12.0 | 10.17 |
0.971 | Not available | ||||
Others | 2.26 | 1.27 | |||
Total | 3.23 | 1.27 | |||
Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e. Live and Still) | |||||
0.941 | Not available | ||||
Others | 2.17 | 1.23 | |||
Total | 3.11 | 1.23 | |||
13.93 | 17.59 | 11.52 | 4.93 | ||
Puerperal pyrexia | 14.34 | 6.16 |