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Stepney 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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109
S.D.55
Birthrates, Deathrates, Analysis of Mortality
Maternal Death-rates, and Case-rates for
certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1937.
England and Wales, London,
125 Great Towns and 148
Smaller Towns.
(Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns.)
| England and Wales. | 125 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London. | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 census). | London Administrative County. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 population. | ||||
| Live | 14.9 | 14.9 | 15.3 | 13.3 |
| Still | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0.54 |
| All causes | 12.4 | 12.5 | 11.9 | 12.3 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.06 |
| Diphtheria | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Influenza | 0.45 | 0.39 | 0.42 | 0.38 |
| Violence | 0.54 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.51 |
| Small-pox | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 2.33 | 2.56 | 2.42 | 2.09 |
| Diphtheria | 1.49 | 1.81 | 1.38 | 1.93 |
| Enteric Fever | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.05 |
| Erysipelas | 0.37 | 0.43 | 0.34 | 0.44 |
| Pneumonia | 1.36 | 1.58 | 1.20 | 1.18 |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||
| Deaths under 1year of age | 58 | 62 | 55 | 60 |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 5.8 | 7.9 | 3.2 | 12.0 |
| Puerperal Sepsis | 0.97 | Not available. | ||
| Others | 2.26 | |||
| Total | 3.23 | |||
| Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e. Live and Still.) | ||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 0.94 | Not available. | ||
| Others | 2.17 | |||
| Total | 3.11 | |||
| Puerperal Fever | 13.93 | 17.59 | 11.52 | 4.15 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 14.34 | |||