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 Walthamstow]
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Birth-rate, Death-rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the Year 1931.
(Provisional figures.)
(The mortality rates for England and Wales refer to the whole population, but for London and the Towns to civilians only.)
Rate per 1,000 Total Population . | Annual Death-rate pee 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births | Percentage of Total Deaths. | |||||||||||||||
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All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Smallpox. _ _ | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total Deaths under 1 year. | Certified by Registered Medical Practitioners | Inquest Cases. | Certified by Coroner after P.M. No Inquest. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | ||||
Live Births. | still- Births. | |||||||||||||||||
England and Wales | 15.8 | 0.67 | 12.3 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.36 | 0.54 | 6.0 | 66 | 91.18 | 6.17 | 1.70 | 0.95 | |
107 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 16.0 | 0.67 | 12.3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 .10 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.33 | 0.48 | 8.4 | 71 | 91 .43 | 5.84 | 2.24 | 0.49 | |
159 Smaller Towns (1921 Adjusted Populations 20,000—50,000) | 15.6 | 0.73 | 11.3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.36 | 0.43 | 4.0 | 62 | 92.17 | 5.49 | 1.25 | 1.09 | |
London | 15.0 | 0.50 | 12.4 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.26 | 0.57 | 9.7 | 65 | 89.52 | 6.23 | 4.24 | 0.01 | |
Walthamstow | 14.5 | 0.43 | 10.4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.52 | 4.1 | 56 | 89.68 | 7.55 | 2.70 | 0.07 | |
Puerperal Sepsis. | Others. | Total. | ||||||||||||||||
The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales were as follows: | Per 1,000 Live Births | 1.66 | 2.45 | 4.11 | ||||||||||||||
,, ,, Total Births | 1.59 | 2.35 | 3.95 | |||||||||||||||
,, ,, ,, Walthamstow ,, ,, | ,, ,, Total Births | 0.49 | - | 0.49 | ||||||||||||||
,, ,, Live Births | 0.51 | — | 0.51 |