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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

Stepney 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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32
S.D.52.
(1) ESTIMATED POPULATION
(а) For Birth-rate 197,200
(б) For Death-rate 183,600
(2) LIVE BIRTHS-
Total (Legitimate and Illegitimate)
Illegitimate
For Birth-rate
Male.
1,309
46
Female.
1,157
47
For Infant and
Maternal Mortality.
Male.
1,268
46
Female.
1,113
47
STILL BIRTHS—
Total (Legitimate and Illegitimate) 48 31
Illegitimate 2 2
(3) DEATHS UNDER ONE YEAR—
Legitimate—Males 74. Females 44. Illegitimate—Males 9. Females 1.
(4) NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES—

Table: (number of cases notified during the 52 weeks ended 30th December, 1939)

(number of cases notified during the 52 weeks ended 30th December, 1939)

SmallpoxScarlet feverDiphtheriaEnteric feverPneumoniaPuerperal feverPueperal pyrexiaErysipelas
—4122043220522107

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(5) AREA COMPARABILITY FACTOR—
applicable to the '* All Causes " crude death rate only, 1.17