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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

Chigwell 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]

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Table: Causes of Death—All Causes— Continued.

Causes of Death—All Causes— Continued.

Male.Female.
30. Other Puerperal Causes-2
31. Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc.5-
32. Senility16
33. Suicide21
34. Other Violence52
35. Other Defined Diseases98
36. Ill Defined or Unknown--
37. Diarrhoea (2 years and over)--
Total119103
Grand Total 222

Table: Special Causes (included in No. 35 above).

Special Causes (included in No. 35 above).

Male.Female.
Smallpox--
Poliomyelitis--
Polioencephalitis--

Table: COMPARATIVE TABLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH RATE.

COMPARATIVE TABLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH RATE.

Year.Estimated Population.Number of Births.Rate per 1,000.N umber of Deaths.Rate per 1,000 (Corrected)Infant Mortality.
Number of Deaths.Rate per 1,000 (Live Births).
193418,35021211.551889.83837.7
193519,46026613.661797.827.5
193620,78029514.191948.951861.01
193722,51031914.172028.57825.07
193823,75040617.092228.971127.09