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Walthamstow 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Birth-rates, Death-rates and Analysis of Mortality in the Year 1934.

England and Wales, 121 County Boroughs and Great Towns, and 135 Smaller Towns.

(Provisional figures. The rates for England and Wales have been calculated on a population estimated to the middle of1934,but those for London and the Towns have been calculated on populations estimated to the middle of1933.)

Rate per 1,000 Population .Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population.Rate per 1,000 Live BirthsPercentage of Total Deaths.
All Causes.Typhoid and Para-typhoid Fevers.Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.WhoopingCoughDiphtheria.Influenza.Violence.Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years).Total Deaths under 1 year.Certified by Registered Medical PractitionersInquest CasesCertified by Coroner after P.M. No Inquest.Uncertified Causes of Death.
Live Births.Still-Births.
England and Wales14.80.6211.80.000.000.090.020.050.100.140.645.55990.46.52.11.0
121 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London14.70.6611 .80.000.000.120.020.060.110.120.477.46390.56.12.90.5
135 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1931)15.00.6711 .30.000.070.020.040.090.140.423.65391.26.11.61.1
London13.20.5011.90.000.000.200.020.070.110.120.5612.66787.76.36.00.0
Walthamstow12.60.4410.30.000.000.160.000.010.050.150.443.54489.85.84.40.0

Puerperal Sepsis.
Others.
Total.
The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales were as follows:
,, ,, ,, Walthamstow ,, ,,
Per 1,000 Live Births
,, ,, Total Births
,, ,, Live Births
,, ,, Total Births
2.03
1.95
4.03
3.94
2.57
2.46
2.91
2.81
4.60
4.41
6.99
6.75