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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
Orpington 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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Birth-rates, Civilian Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality and Case rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the Year 1940. Provisional figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns.
| England and Wales | 126 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 Civilian Population : | |||||
| Live | 14.6 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 13.7 | 17.5 |
| Still | 0.55 | 0.64 | 0.55 | 0.44 | 0.41 |
| All Causes | 14.3 | 15.8 | 12.8 | 17.8 | 10.9 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Diphtheria | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.06 |
| Influenza | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.18 | 0.12 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Enteric | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.04 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.28 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.63 | 1.53 | 1.57 | 0.82 | 1.27 |
| Whooping Cough | 1.34 | 1.29 | 1.35 | 0.22 | 0.24 |
| Diphtheria | 1.16 | 1.29 | 1.21 | 0.61 | 0.86 |
| Erysipelas | 0.33 | 0.36 | 0.30 | 0.35 | 0.36 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 10.24 | 9.23 | 9.99 | 1.78 | 6.64 |
| Pneumonia | 1.20 | 1.37 | 1.00 | 0.87 | 0.20 |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births : | |||||
| Deaths under 1 year of age | 55 | 61 | 54 | 50 | 35 |
| Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 4.6 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 2.44 |
| Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still) : | |||||
| (excluding Abortion) Puerperal Infection (No. 147) | 0.52 | 0.00 | |||
| Others | 1.64 | Not available | 0.00 | ||
| Total | 2.16 | 0.00 | |||
| Puerperal Fever | 11.96 | 13.90 | 9.73 | 3.34 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 13.30* including Puerperal Fever. | 20.52 | |||
*A dash ( — ) signifies that there were no deaths.