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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TABLE IX.—Birth-rates, Death-rates and Analysis of Mortality in the Year 1933.
England and Wales, 118 County Boroughs and Great Towns, and 132 Smaller Towns.
Rate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death-bate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births | Percentage of Total Deaths. | ||||||||||||||
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All Causes. | Typhoid and Para-typhoid 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 | 14.4 | 0.62 | 12.3 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.57 | 0.54 | 7.1 | 64 | 90.9 | 6.3 | 1.9 | 0.9 |
118 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 14.4 | 0.67 | 12.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.55 | 0.49 | 9.4 | 67 | 91.0 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 |
132 Smaller Towns Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1931) | 14.5 | 0.63 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.53 | 0.44 | 4.9 | 56 | 91.7 | 5.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
London | 13.2 | 0.45 | 12.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.51 | 0.58 | 11.6 | 59 | 88.3 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
Walthamstow | 12.3 | 0.47 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.36 | 0.45 | 8.9 | 53 | 89.8 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 0.0 |
Puerperal Sepsis. | Others. | Total. | |||||||||||||||
The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales were as follows: | Per 1,000 Live Births | 1.79 | 2.63 | 4.42 | |||||||||||||
„ „ Total Births | 1.71 | 2.52 | 4.23 | ||||||||||||||
„ „ „ Walthamstow „ „ | „ „ Total Births | 4.0 | 1.1 | 5.1 | |||||||||||||
„ „ Live Births | 4.1 | 1.2 | 5.3 |