London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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| England and Wales. | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London). | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Population 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census). | London Administrative County. | Walthamstow. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 civilian population. | ||||||
| Live | 16.1* | 19.1 | 19.2 | 15.7 | 16.5 | |
| Still | 0.46* | 0.58 | 0.53 | 0.40 | 0.54 | |
| All Causes | 11.4* | 13.5 | 12.3 | 13.8 | 12.3 | |
| Typhoid and Para-typhoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | |
| Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | — | |
| Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | — | |
| Influenza | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | |
| Smallpox | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
| Measles | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | — | |
| Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — | |
| Para-typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.06 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.89 | 2.02 | 2.03 | 1.57 | 2.61 | |
| Whooping Cough | 1.64 | 1.65 | 1.47 | 1.25 | 1.27 | |
| Diphtheria | 0.46 | 0.52 | 0.56 | 0.31- | 0.15 | |
| Erysipelas | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.31 | 0.25 | |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | — | |
| Measles | 11.67 | 10.89 | 11.19 | 9.03 | 6.69 | |
| Pneumonia | 0.87 | 1.03 | 0.72 | 0.78 | 0.69 | |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||||
| Deaths under 1 year of age | 46| | 54 | 43 | 53 | 38 | |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 5.6 | 7.8 | 4.5 | 7.6 | 3.5 | |
| Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live & Still) | ||||||
| (a) Notifications:— | ||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 9.93 | 12.65 | 8.81 | 3.601 | 18.08 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | ‡ 15.87 | |||||
| (b) Maternal Mortality | _ | |||||
| No. 140 | No. 141. Abortion without Sepsis. | No. 147. Puerpera Infections | Nos. 142-6, 148-50. Other. | |||
| Abortion with Sepsis | ||||||
| England and Wales | 0.25 | 0.08 | 0.24 | 1.22 | ||
| Walthamstow | 0.56 | — | — | 1.13 | ||
* Rates per 1,000 Total Population,
† Per 1,000 related births.
‡ Including Puerperal Fever.
A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths.