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 Chigwell]
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TABLE IX.—Birth-rates, Death-rates and Analysis of Mortality in the year, 1937. England and Wales, London, 125 Great Towns, and 148 Smaller Towns.
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(Provisional Figures, based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns).
Rate per 1,000 Population. | Annual Death-bate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||||||||||
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Live Births | Still Births. | All Causes. | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | | Violence. | Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total Deaths under One Year. | ||
England and Wales | 149 | 0.60 | 124 | 0.00 | — | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.45 | 0.54 | 5.8 | 58 | |
125 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 14.9 | 0.67 | 12.5 | 0.01 | - | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.39 | 0.45 | 7.9 | 62 | |
148 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1931) | 15.3 | 0.64 | 11.9 | 0.00 | - | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 3.2 | 55 | |
London | 13.3 | 0.54 | 12.3 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.38 | 0.51 | 12.0 | 60 | |
Chigwell U.D.C. | 14.17 | 0.49 | 8.93 (a) 8.57 (b) | 0.00 | - | o.oo | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.26 | 0.26 | 3.13 | 25.07 | |
Puerperal Sepsis | Others. | Total. | ||||||||||||
The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales are as follows: | per 1,000 Live Births | 0.97 | 2.26 | 3.23 | ||||||||||
„ „ Total Births. (Live and Still). | 0.94 | 2.17 | 3.11 | |||||||||||
Chigwell Urban District Council | ,, ,, Live Births | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||||
„ ,, Total Births | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
(b) Crude. (a) Corrected. (I.ive and Still). |