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Walthamstow 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Birth-rates, Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Death-rates,
and Case-rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1935.
England and Wales, London, 121 Great Towns and 140 Smaller
Towns.
| England and Wales. | 121 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London) | 140 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25.000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census). | London Administrative County. | Walthamstow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Population. | |||||
| Births— | |||||
| Live | 14.7 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 13.3 | 12.4 |
| Still | 0.62 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.52 | 0.42 |
| Deaths— | |||||
| All Causes | 11.7 | 11.8 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 9.2 |
| Typhoid and Para-typhoid Fevers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Measles | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.04 |
| Diphtheria | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.03 |
| Influenza | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.11 | 0.07 |
| Violence | 0.52 | 0.45 | 0.41 | 0.51 | 0.37 |
| Notifications— | |||||
| Scarlet. Fever | 2.96 | 3.19 | 2.75 | 2.64 | 4.21 |
| Diphtheria | 1 60 | 1.96 | 1.34 | 2.25 | 1.22 |
| Enteric Fever | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| Erysipelas | 0.42 | 0.48 | 0.37 | 0.45 | 0.37 |
| Pneumonia | 1.15 | 1.36 | 0.98 | 0.89 | 0.95 |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | |||||
| Deaths under 1 year of age | 57 | 62 | 55 | 58 | 37 |
| Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 5.7 | 7.9 | 3.8 | 11.2 | 4.2 |
| Maternal Mortality— | |||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 1.68 | Not available | 1.80 | ||
| Others | 2.42 | 1.20 | |||
| Total | 4.10 | 3.00 | |||
| Maternal Mortality— | Rates per 1,000 Total Births(Live and Still). | ||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | Not available | 1.61 | 1.73 | ||
| Others | 2.32 | 1.16 | |||
| Totals | 3.93 | 2.89 | |||
| Notifications— | |||||
| Puerperal Fever | 3.60 | 4.55 | 2.76 | 4.32 | 2.31 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 9.44 | 11.14 | 8.25 | 11.89 | 17.95 |