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Barnes 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Table II.—Birth-rate, Death-rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the Year 1938, with corresponding rates for england and wales, 126 great towns, 148 smaller towns, and
for the County of London for comparison.
The mortality rates refer to the whole population as tegards England and Wales, but only to civilians as regards London and the groups of towns.
| Birthrate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death-rue per 1,000 Population. | Death rate per 1 000 Births. | Maternal Mortality Hate per i,000 Total Births | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Enteric Fever. | Small-pox | .Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza | Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total Deaths under One Year | All Causes | Pueiperal Sepsis | Other Causes. | ||
| England and Wales | 15.1 | 11.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 5.5 | 53 | 2.97 | 0.86 | 2.11 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 15.0 | 11.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 7.8 | 57 | Not available | ||
| 148 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931) | 15.4 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 3.6 | 51 | |||
| London | 13.4 | 11.4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 13.1 | 57 | |||
| Barnes Borough | 9.2 | 10.82 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 10.6 | 69 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |