Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Birth Rates, Civilian Death Rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Death Rates, and Case Rates for eertain Infectious Diseases in the
Year 1945.
(Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns).
Wimbledon | England and Wales | 126 C.B's and Great Towns including London | 148 Smaller towns (resident population 25.000 -50,000 at 1931 Census | London Administrative County | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(i) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
† | Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population | ||||
Live Births | 17.01 | 16.1 ‡ | 19.1 | 19.2 | 15.7 |
Still Births | 0.42 | 0.46‡ | 0.58 | 0.53 | 0.40 |
Deaths:— | |||||
All Causes | 13.38 | 11.4‡ | 13.5 | 12.3 | 13.8 |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — |
Measles | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Whooping Cough | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
Influenza | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 |
Violence | 0.30 | * | * | * | * |
Notifications:— | |||||
Small-pox | – | 0.00 | 0.00 | – | 0.00 |
Scarlet Fever | 0.98 | 1.89 | 2.02 | 2.03 | 1.57 |
Diphtheria | 0.25 | 0.46 | 0.52 | 0.56 | 0.31 |
Typhoid Fever | — | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Paratyphoid Fever | — | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 0.13 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 |
Measles | 12.45 | 11.67 | 10.89 | 11.19 | 9.03 |
Whooping Cough | 1.15 | 1.64 | 1.65 | 1.47 | 1.25 |
Erysipelas | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.31 |
Pneumonia | 0.57 | 0.87 | 1.03 | 0.72 | 0.78 |
Rates per 1,000 Live Births | |||||
Infant Mortality:— | |||||
Deaths under 1 year of age | 36 | 46 § | 54 | 43 | 53 |
Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years of age) | 2.5 | 5.6 | 7.8 | 4.5 | 7.6 |
† A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths.
* Information not available.
‡ Rates per 1,000 Total population.
§ Per 1,000 related Births.
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