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 , D eath.rates and A nalysis of M ortality in the year, 1939.
England and Wales, London, 126 Great Towns, and 148 Smaller Towns.
rate per 1,000 Population. | Annual Death-Rate 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. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total Deaths under One Year. | |||
England and Wales | 15.0 | 0.59 | 12.1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.21 | 4.6 | 50 | ||
126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 148 | 0.59 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.19 | 6.3 | 53 | ||
148 Saller Towns (Esti- mated Resident Popula- tions 25,000 to 50,000 at Census 1931) | 15.6 | 0.57 | 11.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.20 | 3.0 | 40 | ||
London | 12.3 | 0.44 | 11.9 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.18 | 8.2 | 48 | ||
Chigwell U.D.C. | 16.57 | 0.55 | 8.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.24 | 6.97 | 24.04 | ||
Puerperal Sepsis. | Others. | Total | ||||||||||||
The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales are as follow | per 1,000 Live Births | 077 | 2.16 | 2.93 | ||||||||||
„ ,, Total Births | 074 | 2.08 | 2.82 | |||||||||||
Chigwell Urban District Council | (Live and Still). „ „Live Births | 0.00 | 2.4 | 2.4 | ||||||||||
,, ,, Total Births (Live and Still). | 0.00 | 2.32 | 232 |