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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
Wembley 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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| Deaths from: Cancer (all ages) | 207 | (183) | ||||
| Measles (all ages) | — | (-) | ||||
| Whooping cough (all ages) | 2 | (2) | ||||
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 4 | (5) | ||||
| Maternal Mortality. | ||||||
| Deaths from puerperal sepsis | — | (i) | ||||
| Other puerperal causes | 2 | (1) | ||||
| Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live births | 1.03 | (0.93) | ||||
| Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 total (live and still births) | 1.01 | (0.91) | ||||
| Per 1,000 population. | Per 1,000 Live Births. | Per 1,000 total births (live and still) | ||||
| Birth rate. | Still Birth rate. | Death rate. | Infantile mortality. | Maternal mortality. | Maternal mortality. | |
| Wembley | 16.39 | 0.31 | 8.68 | 36.75 | 1.03 | 1.01 |
| England and Wales | 16.10 | 0.46 | 11.40 | 46.00 | - | 1.79 |
| London | 15.70 | 0.40 | 13.80 | 53.00 | — | — |
| 126 County Boroughs, etc. | 19.10 | 0.58 | 13.50 | 54.00 | — | — |
| 148 Smaller towns, etc. | 19.20 | 0.53 | 12.30 | 43.00 | - | - |