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, Civilian Death Rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality and Case Rates for certain Infectious diseases in the Year 1944.
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 | |
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Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population. | |||||
Births: | |||||
Live | 17.6 | 20.3 | 20.9 | 15.0 | 20.4 |
Still | 0.50 | 0.64 | 0.61 | 0.42 | 0.36 |
Deaths : | • | ||||
All Causes | 11.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 15.7 | 11.4 |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
Whooping Cough | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.04 | — |
Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
Influenza | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.12 |
Smallpox | 0.00 | — | — | — | — |
Measles | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | — |
Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | |||||
Deaths under 1 year of age | 46 | 52 | 44 | 61 | 28 |
Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 4.8 | 7.3 | 4.4 | 10.1 | 1.87 |
Notifications : | Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population. | ||||
Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
Scarlet Fever | 2.40 | 2.41 | 2.67 | 1.57 | 2.89 |
Whooping Cough | 2.49 | 2.49 | 2.29 | 2.90 | 4.23 |
Diphtheria | 0.58 | 0.67 | 0.69 | 0.31 | 0.42 |
Erysipelas | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.28 | 0.37 | 0.46 |
Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
Measles | 4.16 | 4.51 | 3.94 | 2.98 | 9.2 |
Pneumonia | 0.97 | 1.13 | 0.82 | 0.93 | 0.91 |
Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e., Live and Still). | |||||
Notifications : | |||||
Puerperal Pyrexia Puerperal Fever | 10.34 | 13.13 | 9.25 | 14.14 3.61 | 61.75 |
A dash signifies there were no deaths.