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Penge 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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BIRTH-RATES, DEATH-RATES, AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY IN THE YEAR, 1946.
| Rate per 1,000 Civilian Population | Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Civilian Population | Rate per 1,000 Live Births | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Still Births | All Causes | Typhoid Fevers | Small-pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years) | Total Deaths under one year | |
| Penge U.D | 25.8 | 0.87 | 13.01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.08 | 1.70 | 32 |
| England and Wales | 19.1* | 0.53* | 11.5* | 0.00 | 0.00 | 00.0 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 4.4 | 43 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 22.2 | 0.67 | 12.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 6.1 | 46 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations, 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931) | 21.3 | 0.59 | 11.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 2.8 | 37 |
| London | 21.5 | 0.54 | 12.7 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 4.2 | 41 |
*Rate per 1,000 total population. A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths.
My thanks are due to the Chairman and Members of the Public Health and
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee for their cordial support during the year
and also to the Staff of the Public Health Department for their ready co-operation.
It gives me pleasure again to register my cordial appreciation of the work
of the lady voluntary helpers at the Maternity and Child Welfare Centre.
I am, Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
B. E. HAWKINS,
Medical Officer of Health.