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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Birth-rates, Civilian Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality, and case Rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1949. Provisional figures based on quarterly returns.
| England and Wales. | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London) | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Population 25,000-50,000 at 1931 Census | London Administrative County. | Walthamstow. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,0 00 Civilia n Population. | ||||||
| Live | 16.7(a) | 18.7 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 14.9 | |
| Still | 0.39(a) | 0.47 | 0.40 | 0.37 | 0.22 | |
| All Causes | 11.7(a) | 12.5 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 10.5 | |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | |
| Whooping Cough | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | |
| Tuberculosis | 0.45 | 0.52 | 0.42 | 0.52 | 0.42 | |
| Influenza | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.13 | |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - | - | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 | |
| Pneumonia | 0.51 | 0.56 | 0.49 | 0.59 | 0.54 | |
| Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.63 | 1.72 | 1.83 | 1.46 | 1.47 | |
| Whooping Cough | 2.39 | 2.44 | 2.39 | 1.70 | 1.83 | |
| Diphtheria | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.07 | - | |
| Erysipelas | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.27 | |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | |
| Measles | 8.95 | 8.91 | 9.18 | 8.54 | 12.56 | |
| Pneumonia | 0.80 | 0.91 | 0.65 | 0.55 | 0.81 | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.14 | |
| Acute Polioencephalitis | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |
| Food Poisoning | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.19 | 0.12 | |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||||
| All causes under 1 year of age | 32(b) | 37 | 30 | 29 | 29 | |
| Enteritis and Diarrhoea under 2 years | 3.0 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.1 | |
| Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live & Still) | ||||||
| Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia | 6.31 | 8.14 | 5.30 | 6.82 | 9.12 | |
| No. 140. Abortion with | No. 141. Abortion without Sepsis. | No. 147 Puerpera Infection | Nos. 142-6. 1 148-50. s. Other. | |||
| Wal larnstow | - | - | - | 1. 07 | ||
| England and Wales. | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.71 | ||
| (a) Rates per 1,000 Total Population. | ||||||