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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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VII. STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1946.
(Prepared by Registrar-General)
Estimated Civilian Population 94,800
LIVE BIRTHS STILL BIRTHS
M F M F
Total (Legitimate and
Illegitimate) 1142 1005 38 23
Illegitimate 91 84 5 3
DEATHS UNDER 1 YEAR
M F
Legitimate 54 38
Illegitimate 10 8
Birth-rates, Civilian Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality,
Maternal Mortality and Case-rates for certain Infectious
Diseases in the Year 1946.
(Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns)
| England and Wales | 126 C.B.S and Great Towns including London. | 148 Smaller Towns Resident Pop. 25,000-50,000 1931 Census. | London Adm. County. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | |
| x Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population. | ||||
| Births | ||||
| Live | 19.1 | 22.2 | 21.3 | 21.5 |
| Still | 0.53 | 0.67 | 0.59 | 0.54 |
| Deaths | ||||
| All causes | 11.5 | 12.7 | 11.7 | 12.7 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid. | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Scarlet Fever. | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Influenza | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.12 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
| Measles | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |