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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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SOME STATISTICS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES AND WALTHAMSTOW
| Period | Population | Per 1,000 population | Infant Mortality per 1,000 Live Births | Still Birth Rate per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births | Maternal Mortality Rate | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Rate | Birth | Rate | Under one month | One month to one yr. | Total | ||||||||||
| E.W. | W. | E.W. | W. | E.W. | W. | E.W. | W. | E.W. | W. | E.W. | W. | E.W. | W. | E.W | W. | |
| 1911-20 | 35,682,000 | 127.400 | 14.4 | 11.1 | 21.8 | 21.4 | 38 | 33 | 62 | 46 | 100 | 79 | — | — | 3.84 | 3.15 |
| 1921-30 | 38,960,000 | 127,000 | 12.1 | 10.0 | 18.3 | 17.6 | 33 | 25 | 39 | 28 | 72 | 53 | — | — | 4.26 | 3.38 |
| 1931-40 | 40,587,000 | 131,000 | 12.3 | 10.6 | 14.9 | 12.9 | 30 | 23 | 29 | 22 | 59 | 45 | 39.6 | 34.7 | 3.78 | 2.75 |
| 1941-45 | 38,149,000 | 99,576 | 12.8 | 12.6 | 15.9 | 16.9 | 26 | 22 | 24 | 17 | 50 | 39 | 30.5 | 29.0 | 2.23 | 3.4 |
| 1946* | 40,909,000 | 118,050 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 19.1 | 21.5 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 43 | 34 | 27.2 | 26.7 | 1.43 | 0.76 |
| 1947* | 42,006,000 | 122,470 | 12.3 | 10.7 | 21.1 | 21.8 | 23 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 41 | 29 | 24.0 | 21.6 | 1.17 | 1.46 |
E.W. England and Wales.
W. Walthamstow.
— Not separately recorded.
* All rate for 1946 and 1947 are provisional.