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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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| Deaths from puerperal causes:- | ||
| Puerperal Sepsis Deaths | — | |
| Other Puerperal Causes | 1 | |
| Death rate of infants under one year of age:— | ||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 18.7 | |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 19.4 | |
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | — | |
| Deaths from measles (all ages) | — | |
| Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) | — | |
| Deaths from diarrhoea (under two years of age) | — | |
| Pulmonary tuberculosis death rate | 0.04 | |
| Non-Pulmonary tuberculosis death rate | 0.02 | |
The natural increase of population, i.e., excess of births over
deaths was 193.
Deaths.— The Registrar-General's classification of causes of
death by sex totals is given.
The total number of deaths in 1956 (1,195) compares with
1,188 in 1955, the respective death rates being 10.2 and 10.0 per
1,000 population.
The comparability factors for Walthamstow are given by the
Registrar-General as follows:—
Comparability factor for births 1.00
Comparability factor for deaths 1.09
The above factors, when applied to the crude rates, produce
the following adjusted rates:—
Live births 11.8
Deaths 11.1