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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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| Deaths from: Cancer (all ages) | 197 | (207) | |||||||
| Measles (all ages) | — | ||||||||
| Whooping cough (all ages) | 2 | (2) | |||||||
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 5 | W | |||||||
| Maternal Mortality. | |||||||||
| Deaths from puerperal sepsis | 1 | ||||||||
| Other puerperal causes | — | (2) | |||||||
| Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live births | 0.45 | (1.03) | |||||||
| Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 total (live and still births) | 0.44 | (1.01) | |||||||
| Per ,1,000 population. | Per 1,000 Live Births. | Per 1,000 total births (live and still) | |||||||
| Birth rate. | Still Birth rate. | Death rate. | Inlfantile mortality. | Maternal mortality. | Maternal mortality. | ||||
| Wembley | 17.23 | 0.38 | 8.02 | 26.37 | 0.45 | 0.44 | |||
| England and Wales | 19.10 | 0.53 | 11.50 | 43.00 | — | 1.43 | |||
| London | 21.50 | 0.54 | 12.70 | 41.00 | — | — | |||
| 126 County Boroughs, etc. | 22.20 | 0.67 | 12.70 | 46.00 | — | — | |||
| 148 Smaller towns, etc. | 21.30 | 0.59 | 11.70 | 37.00 | — | - | |||