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 Mortality and case rate for certain Infectious Diseases in the Year 1945.
England and Wales. | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns | 148 Smaller Towns (populations 25,000 to 40,000). | London Administrative County. | Orpington Urban District. | |
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Rates per 1,000 Civilian population. | |||||
Births: | |||||
Live | 16.1 | 19.1 | 19.2 | 15.7 | 17.8 |
Still | 0.46 | 0.58 | 0.53 | 0.40 | 0.54 |
Deaths : | |||||
All Causes | 11.4 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 13.8 | 10.1 |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | – |
Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
Diptheria | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | – |
Influenza | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.08 |
Small Pox | _ | _ | — | .__ | — |
Measles | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | — |
Rates per 1,000 live Births. | |||||
Deaths under 1 year of age | 46 | 54 | 43 | 53 | 28 |
Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age. | 5.6 | 7.8 | 4.5 | 7.6 | 3.3 |
Rates per 1,000 Civilian population. | |||||
NOTIFICATIONS: | |||||
Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — |
Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | — |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 |
Scarlet Fever | 1.89 | 2.02 | 2.03 | 1.57 | 1.29 |
Whooping Cough | 1.64 | 1.65 | 1.47 | 1.25 | 3.12 |
Diphtheria | 0.46 | 0.52 | 0.56 | 0.31 | 0.28 |
Erysipelas | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.31 | 0.34 |
Small Pox | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | — |
Measles | 11.67 | 10.89 | 11.19 | 9.03 | 10.03 |
Pneumonia | 0.87 | 1.03 | 0.72 | 0.78 | 1.12 |
Rates per thousand Total Births (Live and Still). | |||||
NOTIFICATIONS: | |||||
Puerperal Fever | 9.93 | 12.65 | 8.81 | 3.60 | 36.1 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 15.87* |
A dash (—) signifies there were no deaths.
* Including Puerperal Fever.