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Stepney 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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S.D.55

Birthrates, Deathrates, Analysis of Mortality England and Wales, London, Maternal Death-rates, and Case-rates for 122 Great Towns and 143 certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1936. Smaller Towns.

(Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns.)

England and Wales.122 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London.143 Smaller Towns (Resident Population 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 census).London Administrative County.
Rates per 1,000 population.
Births:—
Live14.814.915.013.6
Still0.610.670.640.53
Deaths:—
All causes12.112.311.512.5
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever0.010.010.000.01
Small-pox————
Measles0.070.090.040.14
Scarlet Fever0.010.010.010.01
Whooping Cough0.050.060.040.06
Diphtheria0.070.080.050.05
Influenza0.140.140.150.14
Violence0.520.450.390.52
Notifications:—
Small-pox————
Scarlet Fever2.532.182.482.57
Diphtheria1.391.311.261.69
Enteric Fever0.060.050.060.06
Erysipelas0.400.380.350.44
Pneumonia1.111.100.960.99
Rates per 1,000 Live Births.
Deaths under 1 year of age59635566
Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age5.98.23.414.4
Maternal Mortality:—
Puerperal Sepsis1.40Not available.
Others2.41
Total3.81
Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e. Live and Still.)
Maternal Mortality:—Not available.
Puerperal Sepsis1.34
Others2.31
Total3.65
Notifications:—
Puerperal Fever3.273.462.803.03
Puerperal Pyrexia9.649.527.5711.15