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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 1942
[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 1942.
(Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns).
| England and Wales. | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London. | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50.000 at 1931 Census). | London Administrative County. | Chigwell u.u.c. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Population. | |||||
| Births;— | |||||
| Live | 15.8 | 17. 3 | 18. 4 | 14. 0 | 16. 7 |
| Still | 0.54 | o.66 | 0.62 | 0.48 | 0.36 |
| Deaths:— | |||||
| All Causes | 11.6 | 13.3 | 12.1 | 13.9 | 10.0 |
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fevers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.00 |
| Diphtheria | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
| Influenza | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.08 |
| Smallpox | - | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 0.01 | 0 .02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Notifications:— | |||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
| Paratyhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.00 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2.10 | 2.49 | 2.34 | 1.86 | 1.76 |
| Whooping Cough | 1.73 | 1.97 | 1.58 | 2.72 | 2.17 |
| Diphtheria | 1.05 | 1.35 | 0.91 | 0.76 | o.o8 |
| Erysipelas | 0.30 | 0.36 | 0.26 | 0.43 | 0.20 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Measles | 7.46 | 9.27 | 7.39 | 8.62 | 5.67 |
| Pneumonia | 1.07 | 1.30 | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.24 |
| Rates PER 1,000 Live Births. | |||||
| Deaths under 1 year of age | 49 | 59 | 46 | 60 | 38 |
| Deaths from Diarrhcea& Enteritis under 2 years of age | 5.2 | 7.5 | 4.8 | 8.6 | — |