London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Wanstead and Woodford 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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Birth-rates, Civilian Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality, and Case-rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1949.
England and Wales, London, 126 Great Towns and 148 Smaller Towns. (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 | Borough of \ WAN STEM) and W'OODTORD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births: | ‡(Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population) | ||||
| Live | 16.7* | 18.7 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 13.5* |
| Still | 0.39* | 0.47 | 0.40 | 0.37 | 0.35* |
| Deaths: | : | ||||
| All Causes | 11.7* | 12.5 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 11.1 * |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | - | - | - | - | 0.34 |
| Tuberculosis | 0.45 | 0.52 | 0.42 | 0.52 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | - |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | - |
| Influenza | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.09 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | |||||
| and Polioencephalitis | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | - |
| Pneumonia | 0.80 | 0.91 | 0.65 | 0.55 | 0.43 |
| All causes under 1 year of age | 32.0† | Rates per 1,000 Live Births) 37.0 30.0 29.0 | 36,9 | ||
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis under | 3.0 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 2.4 j |
| 2 years of age | |||||
| ‡ A dash (—) signifies that there were no deal'1 * Rates per 1,000 Total Population †Per 1,000 related births | |||||
| Notifications: | (Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population) | ||||
| Typhoid | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |
| Paratyphoid | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | - |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.63 | 1.72 | 1.83 | 1.46 | 0.82 |
| Whooping Cough | 2.39 | 2.44 | 2.39 | 1.70 | 2.69 |
| Diphtheria | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.07 | - |
| Erysipelas | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.19 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
| Measles | 8.95 | 8.91 | 9.18 | 8.54 | 12.9 |
| Pneumonia | 0.80 | 0.91 | 0-65 | 0.55 | 0.6 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.10 |
| Acute | |||||
| Polioencephalitis | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.05 |
| (Rates per 1,000 Total Births [Live and Still]) | |||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia and Fever | 6.31 | 8.14 | 5.30 | 6.82 | |