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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTIC.- The Registrar-General's
mid-year, 1944, estimate of population (viz., 101,140) has been
used for the calculation of all vital statistics
Live
Births
Legitimate
Illegitimate
Total
Total Males males
1825 948 877
90 44 46
1915 992 925
Birth rate per 1,000 of
the estimated resident
population 18.9
Stillbirths 52. Rate per 1,000 total (live & Still) births 26.4
Deaths 1343. Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident
population 13.2
Deaths from puerperal causes:- Rate per 1,000 (live & still births)
Puerperal Sepsis Deaths 2 1.01
Other Puerperal Causes 8 4.06
Totals 10 5.08
Death rate of infants under one year of age:-
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 37 |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 37 |
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 33 |
| Deaths from Measles (ell ages) | 2 |
| " " Whooping Cough (all agos) | 3 |
| " " Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 2 |
| Zymotic disease death rate | 0.06 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis death rate | 0.59 |
| Non-pulmonary " " " | 0.13 |
The natural increase of population, i.e., excess of births
over deaths, was 543.
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 1944 (1,343) compares with 1,294
during 1943, the respective death-rates per 1,0(0 population
being 13.2 and 12.8.
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