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 Southall]
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T able No. 5.
BIRTH-RATES, DEATH-RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL DEATH-RATES, AND CASE-RATES FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE YEAR 1938. (England and Wales, London, 126 Great Towns and 148 Smaller Towns).
England and Wales | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census) | London Administrative County | Southall | |
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Rates per 1,000 Population | |||||
Births :— | |||||
Live | 15. 1 | 15. 0 | 15. 4 | 13. 4 | 15.75 |
Still | 0.60 | 0.65 | 0.60 | 0.48 | 0.59 |
Deaths :— | |||||
All Causes | 11. 6 | 11. 7 | 11. 0 | 11. 4 | 8.64 |
Typhoid & Paratyphoid fevers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — |
Measles | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.01 |
Scarlet fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Whooping Cough | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
Diphtheria | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.15 |
Influenza | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.57 |
Notifications :— | |||||
Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — |
Scarlet fever | 2.41 | 2.60 | 2.58 | 2.05 | 6.01 |
Diphtheria | 1.58 | 1.85 | 1.53 | 1.90 | 1.89 |
Enteric fever | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.01 |
Erysipelas | 0.40 | 0.46 | 0.39 | 0.46 | 0.34 |
Pneumonia | 1.10 | 1.28 | 0.98 | 0.98 | 0.55 |
Rates per 1,000 Live Births | |||||
Deaths under 1 year of age | 53 | 57 | 51 | 57 | 65 |
Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 5.5 | 7.8 | 3.0 | 13.1 | 9.69 |
Maternal Mortality :— | |||||
Puerperal Sepsis | 0.89 | Not available | 2.43 | ||
Others | 2.19 | ||||
Total | 3.08 | ||||
Rate s per 1,000 To|tal Births (i.e. Live and S till) | |||||
Maternal Mortality:— | |||||
Puerperal Sepsis | 0.86 | Not available | 2.33 | ||
Others | 2.11 | ||||
Total | 2.97 | ||||
Notifications— | |||||
Puerperal fever | 14.42 | 18.08 | 12.51 | 3.53 | 4.67 |
Puerperal pyrexia | 15.46 |