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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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| Deaths | 1,312 | Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 10.5 | ||
| Deaths from puerperal causes :— | Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births. | ||||
| Puerperal Sepsis Deaths | 2 | ||||
| 1.19 | |||||
| Other Puerperal Causes | - | - | |||
| Total | 2 | 1.19 | |||
Death rate of infants under one year of age :—
All infants per 1,000 live births 29.2
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 30.0
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births -
Deaths from Measles (all ages) -
,, ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) 3
,, ,, Diarrhoea (under two years of age) 4
(All rates are per 1,000 of estimated residential population.)
Comparability factor 1.11
Adjusted death rate 11.6
Ratio of local to national crude death rate 0.86
Percentage reduction of adjusted death rate below that for
England and Wales 4.1
Zymotic disease death rate 0.07
Pulmonary Tuberculosis death rate 0.61
Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis death rate 0.04
The natural increase of population, i.e., excess of births over
deaths was 294.
The usual comparison of vital statistics rates, with those for the
whole country, is shown in the table on the following page.
Births.— Births are dealt with under the Maternity and Child
Welfare Section of the Report.
Deaths.— The Registrar-General's classification of causes of
death by sex totals is given.
The total number of deaths in 1939 (1,312) compares with 1,340
during 1938, the respective death rates per 1,000 population being
10.5 and 10.2.