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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
Barnes 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Table 3.—Birth-rate, Death-rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the Year 1940, with corresponding rates for england and wales, 126 great towns, 148 smaller towns, and for the County of London for comparison.
| Birthrate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population. | Death rate per l 000 Births. | Matfrnal Mortality Rate per 1,000 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. | Puerperal Infection. | Other Causes. | ||
| England and Wales | 14.6 | 14.3 | — | — | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.32 | 4.6 | 55 | 2.16 | 0.52 | 1.64 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 16.0 | 15.8 | - | - | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.29 | 5.9 | 61 | Not available | ||
| 148 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931) | 15.7 | 12.8 | - | - | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.30 | 4.4 | 54 | |||
| London | 13.7 | 17.8 | — | - | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.18 | 5.8 | 50 | |||
| - | - | - | — | — | 0.03 | 0.40 | 5.9 | 35 | 5.64 | — | 5.64 | |||