[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow] page 11

Walthamstow 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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11
Birth-rates, Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal
Death -rates and Case-rates for certain Infectious Diseases
in the year 1938.

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England and Wales, London, 126 Great Towns and 148 Smaller Towns (Provisional figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns).

	England and Wales.	126 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London).	148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census).	London Administrative County.	Walthamstow.
	Rates per 1,000 population.
Births:—
Live	15.1	15.0	15.4	13.4	12.3
Still	0.60	0.65	0.60	0.48	0.53
Deaths:—
All Causes	11.6	11.7	11.0	11.4	10.2
Typhoid and Para-typhoid Fevers	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	_
Smallpox	0.00	—	0.00	—	-
Measles	0.04	0.05	0.03	0.06	0.03
Scarlet Fever	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	—
Whooping Cough	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.01
Diphtheria	0.07	0.07	0.06	0.05	0.01
Influenza	0.11	0.10	0.11	0.06	0.05
Notifications:—
Smallpox	0.00	0.00	0.00	-	-
Scarlet Fever	2.41	2.60	2.58	2.05	2.13
Diphtheria	1.58	1.85	1.53	1.90	0.49
Enteric Fever	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.01
Erysipelas	0.40	0.46	0.39	0.46	0.58
Pneumonia	1.10	1.28	0.98	0.98	1.11
	Rates per 1,000 Live Births
Deaths under 1 year of age	53	57	51	57	40
Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis under 2 years of age	5.5	7.8	3.6	13.1	4.3
Maternal Mortality:—
Puerperal Sepsis	0.89	Not available			0.61
Others	2.19				1.23
Total	3.08				1.85
	Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i. e. Live and Still)
Maternal Mortality:—
Puerperal Sepsis	0.86	Not available			0.59
Others	2.11				1.18
Total	2.97				1.78
Notif ications:—
Puerperal Fever	14.42	18.08	12.51	3.53	20.80
Puerperal Pyrexia	14.42	18.08	12.51	15.46	20.80