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Chigwell 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]

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TABLE IX.— Birth-rates, Death-ratesandAnalysis of Mortality in the year, 1938. England and Wales, London,126Great Towns, and148Smaller Towns.

(Provisional Figures, based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns).

Rate per 1,000 Population.Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population.Rate per 1,000 Live Births.
All Causes.Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping Cough.Diphtheria.Influenza.Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years).Total Deaths under One Year.
Live Births.Still Births.
England and Wales15.10.6011.60.000.000.040.010.030.070.115.553
126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London15.00.6511.70.000.000.050.010.030.070.107.857
148 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1931)15.40.6011.00.000.000.030.010.020.060.113.651
London13.40.4811.40.000.000.060.010.030.050.0613.157
Chigwell U.D.C.17.090.379.34(a) 8.97(b)0.040.000.040.000.000.080.007.3827.09

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The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales are as follows:Puerperal Sepsis.Others.Total.
per 1,000 Live Births0.892.193.08
„ „ Total Births0.862.112.97
Chigwell Urban District Council(Live and Still).
,, ,, Live Births0.004.924.92
,, ,, Total Hirths (Live and Still).0.004.814.81
(a) Crude. (b) Corrected.