London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Walthamstow 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Deaths from puerperal causes:—
Puerperal Sepsis Deaths Nil
Other Puerperal Causes Nil
Death rate of infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 26
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 26
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 16
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 2
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) —
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under two years of age) 2
Pulmonary Tuberculosis death rate 0.26
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis death rate —
The natural increase of population, i.e., excess of births over
deaths was 293.
The usual comparison of rates with those for the whole country
is shown in the table on the following page.
Deaths.—The Registrar-General's classification of causes of
death by sex totals is given.
The total number of deaths in 1950 (1,305) compares with
1,299 in 1949, the respective death rates per 1,000 population being
10.6 and 10.5.
Comparability Factor.—The comparability factor for Walthamstow
is given by the Registrar-General as 1.05, which, when applied
to the crude death rate of 10.6, gives an adjusted rate of 11.1.

The following table gives various averages for five year periods since 1890.

QuinquenniaPopulationBirthsAverage of BirthrateInfant DeathsInfant Mortality
1891/189553,1491,82334.3257137
1896/190079,3372,50231.5386154
1901/1905106,4933,39731.9425125
1906/1910127,4203,45427.1352102
1911/1915129,8003,11923.827086
1916/1920129,6662,55719.617468
1921/1925130,2762,50619.212357
1926/1930125,1451,97015.89749
1931/1935134,9221,75813.08850
1936/1940127,1401,63812.86640
1941/194599,5561,69617.06639
1946/1950121,8842,14317.66128