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Stepney 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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135
S.D.55
Birthrates, Death rates, Analysis of Mortality England and Wales, London,
Maternal Death-rates, and Case-rates for 121 Great Towns and 140
certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1935. Smaller Towns.
(Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns.)
| England and Wales. | 121 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London. | 140 Smaller Towns (Resident Population 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 census). | London Administrative County. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 population. | ||||
| Births:— | ||||
| Live | 14.7 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 13.3 |
| Still | 0.62 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.52 |
| Deaths:— | ||||
| All causes | 11.7 | 11.8 | 11.2 | 11.4 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | ||||
| Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.00 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
| Diphtheria | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.06 |
| Influenza | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.11 |
| Violence | 0.52 | 0.45 | 0.41 | 0.51 |
| Notifications:— | ||||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 2.96 | 3.19 | 2.75 | 2.64 |
| Diphtheria | 1.60 | 1.96 | 1.34 | 2.25 |
| Enteric Fever | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
| Erysipelas | 0.42 | 0.48 | 0.37 | 0.45 |
| Pneumonia | 1.15 | 1.36 | 0.91 | 0.89 |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||
| Deaths under 1 year of age | 57 | 62 | 55 | 58 |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 5.7 | 7.9 | 3.8 | 11.2 |
| Puerperal S epsis | 1.68 | Not available. | ||
| Others | 2.42 | |||
| Total | 4.10 | |||
| Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e. Live and Still.) | ||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 1.61 | Not available. | ||
| Others | 2.32 | |||
| Total | 3.93 | |||
| Puerperal Fever | 3.60 | 4.55 | 2.76 | 4.32 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 9.44 | 11.14 | 8.25 | 11.89 |