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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Birth-rates, Civilian Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality and Case-rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1941.
(Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns).
| England and Wales. | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London. | 148 Smaller Towns (Kesident Populations 25,000 to 50.000 at 1931 Census). | London Administrative County. | Chigwell U.D.C. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Population. | |||||
| Births:— | |||||
| Live | 14.2 | 14.7 | 16.4 | 8.9 | 13. 2 |
| Still | 0.51 | 0.58 | o.6o | 0.33 | - |
| Deaths:— | |||||
| All Causes | 12.9 | 14.9 | 13.0 | 16.3 | 11. 7 |
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fevers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.00 |
| Diphtheria | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.00 |
| Influenza | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.20 | 0.15 | 1.55 |
| Smallpox | — | — | - | - | - |
| Measles | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
| Notifications:— | |||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.00 |
| Paratyhoid Fever | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.07 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 0.25 | 0.31 | 0.20 | 0.30 | 0.00 |
| Scarlet Fever ... | 1.47 | 1.49 | 1.51 | 1.01 | 0.83 |
| Whooping Cough | 4.39 | 4.37 | 4.50 | 3.50 | 7.20 |
| Diphtheria | 1.25 | 1.53 | 1.19 | 0.93 | 0.31 |
| Erysipelas | 0.30 | 0.36 | 0.27 | 0.50 | 0.31 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | - |
| Measles ... | 10.33 | 8.27 | 10.47 | 4.77 | 22.4 |
| Pneumonia | 1.25 | 1.53 | 1.04 | 1.07 | 0.59 |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births. | |||||
| Deaths under i year of age | 59 | 71 | 56 | 68 | 52 |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea & Enteritis under 2 years of age | |||||
| Rate per 1,000 Total Birth (i.e Live and Still) | |||||
| Maternal | |||||
| Mortality:— | |||||
| Excluding (abortion) | |||||
| Puerperal Infection | 0.48 | Not Available. | 6.2 | ||
| Others | 1.75 | - | |||
| TOTAL | 2.23 | 6.2 | |||
| Notifications:— | |||||
| Puerperal Fever | 11.91 | 15.64 | 9.43 | 2.29 | 6.2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 19.3 | ||||