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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Table V.
BIRTH-RATES, CIVILIAN DEATH-RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL DEATH-RATES, AND CASE-RATES FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE YEAR 1943. (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 Civilian Population | |||||
Births:— | |||||
Live | 16.5 | 18.6 | 19.4 | 15.8 | |
Still | 0.51 | 0.63 | 0.6l | 0.45 | |
Deaths :— | |||||
All Causes | 12.1 | 14.2 | 12.7 | 15.0 | |
Typhoid & Paratyphoid fevers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | |
Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — |
Measles | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | |
Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
Whooping Cough | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | |
Diphtheria | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.02 | |
Influenza | 0.37 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.27 | |
Notifications:— | |||||
Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | — |
Scarlet fever | 3.01 | 3.29 | 3.54 | 3.80 | |
Diphtheria | 0.88 | 1.12 | 0.77 | 0.74 | |
Typhoid fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | |
Erysipelas | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.27 | 0.42 | |
Pneumonia | 1.34 | 1 .62 | 1.16 | 1.27 | |
Measles | 9.88 | 9.23 | 9.77 | 9.17 | |
Cerebro-spinal fever | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.09 | — |
Whooping Cough | 2.54 | 2.82 | 2.25 | 2.68 | |
Rates per 1,000 Live Births | |||||
Deaths under 1 year of age | 49 | 58 | 46 | 58 | |
Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 5.3 | 7.9 | 4.4 | 10.4 | |
Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e . Live and Still) | |||||
Notifications:— Puerperal fever | n.68 | 1511 | 926 | 3.05 | |
Puerperal pyrexia | 15.23 |
MATERNAL MORTALITY (England and Wales).
Abortion with Sepsis | Abortion without Sepsis | Puerperal Infections | Other |
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0.34 | 0.11 | 0.39 | 1.45 |
Abortion—Mortality per Million Women aged 15-45 (England and Wales).
With Sepsis | Without Sepsis |
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25 | 8 |