Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 |