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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
Wimbledon 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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BIRTH-RATE, DEATH-RATE, AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1933.
(Provisional Figures).
The Rates for England and Wales have been calculated on a population estimated to the middle of 1933, but those for the towns have been calculated on populations estimated to the middle of 1932).
| Bate per 1000 Total Population | Annual Death-rate per 1000 Bopulation | Bate per 1000 Live Births | Percentage of Total Deaths | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Stillbirths | All Causes | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | Smallpox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Violence | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years) | Total Deaths under One Year | Certified by Registered Medical Practitioners | Inquest Cases | Certified by Coroner after P.M. No Inquest | Uncertified Causes of Death | |
| England and Wales | 14.4 | 0.62 | 12.3 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.57 | 0.54 | 7.1 | 64 | 90.90 | 6.30 | 1.90 | 0.90 |
| 118 County Boroughs and Great Towns, in-eluding London | 14.4 | 0.67 | 12.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.55 | 0.49 | 9.4 | 67 | 91.00 | 6.00 | 2 50 | 0.50 |
| 132 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations, 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1931) | 14.5 | 0.63 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.53 | 0.44 | 4.9 | 56 | 91.70 | 5.80 | 1.50 | 1.00 |
| London | 13.2 | 0.45 | 12 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.51 | 0.58 | 11.6 | 59 | 88.30 | 6.30 | 5.40 | 0.00 |