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Stepney 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Birthrates, Death rates, Analysis of Mortality
Maternal Mortality, and Case-notes for
certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1939.
s.d.56
England and Wales, London,
126 Great Towns and 148
Smaller Towns.
(Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns.)
| England and Wales. | 126 County Boroughs anc 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. | ||||
| 15.0 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 12.3 | |
| Still | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.57 | 0.44 |
| 12.1 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 11.9 | |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
| Diphtheria | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| Influenza | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.18 |
| 0.00 | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1.89 | 1.96 | 1.78 | 1.53 |
| Diphtheria | 1.14 | 1.21 | 1.16 | 0.98 |
| Enteric Fever | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| Erysipelas | 0.34 | 0.40 | 0.31 | 0.37 |
| Pneumonia | 1.02 | 1.21 | 0.89 | 0.99 |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||
| Deaths under 1 year of age | 50 | 53 | 40 | 48 |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 4.6 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 8.2 |
| 0.77 | Not available. | |||
| Others | 2.16 | |||
| Total | 2.93 | |||
| Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still.) | ||||
| 0.74 | Not available. | |||
| Others | 2.08 | |||
| Total | 2.82 | |||
| 14.35 | 17.26 | 12.99 | 3.31 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 14.22 | |||