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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
Walthamstow 1936
[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 1936.
England and Wales, London, 122 Great Towns and 143 Smaller Towns (Provisional figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns.)
| England and Wales. | 122 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London). | 143 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census). | London Administrative County. | Walthamstow. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratesper 1,000 po pulation. | |||||
| Live | 14.8 | 14.9 | 15.0 | 13.6 | 12.8 |
| Still | 0.61 | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0.53 | 0.40 |
| All Causes | 12.1 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 9.8 |
| Typhoid and Para-typhoid Fevers | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.06 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.03 |
| Diphtheria | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.01 |
| Influenza | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.19 |
| Violence | 0.52 | 0.45 | 0.39 | 0.52 | 0.35 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 2.53 | 2.18 | 2.48 | 2.57 | 2.39 |
| Diphtheria | 1.39 | 1.31 | 1.26 | 1.69 | 0.77 |
| Enteric Fever | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| Erysipelas | 0.40 | 0.38 | 0.35 | 0.44 | 0.38 |
| Pneumonia | 1.11 | 1.10 | 0.96 | 0.99 | 1.15 |
| Ratesper 1,000 Live Births. | |||||
| Deaths under 1 year of age | 59 | 63 | 55 | 66 | 42 |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 5.9 | 8.2 | 3.4 | 14.4 | 6.4 |
| Puerperal Sepsis | 1.40 | Not available | 0.58 | ||
| Others | 2.41 | 1.16 | |||
| Total | 3.81 | 1.74 | |||
| Rates per 1,0 00 Total Births (i ,e. Live andStill) | |||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 1.34 | Not available | 0.56 | ||
| Others | 2.31 | 1.13 | |||
| Total | 3.65 | 1.69 | |||
| Puerperal Fever | 3.27 | 3.46 | 2.80 | 3.03 | 2.82 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 9.64 | 9.52 | 7.57 | 11.15 | 16.96 |