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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 1943
[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 1943, with corresponding rates for England and Wales, 126 Great Towns, 148 Smaller Towns, and
for the County of London for comparison.
| Birthrate perl.000 total Population. | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population. | Death-rate per l 000 Births. | Maternal Mortality Hate per 1,000 Total Births | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Enteric Fever. | Small-pox | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total Deaths under One Year. | All Causes. | Puerperal Infection. | Other Causes. | ||
| England and Wales | 16.5 | 12.1 | 0.00 | - | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.37 | 5.3 | 49 | 2.29 | 0.73 | 1.56 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 18.6 | 14.2 | 0.00 | - | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.36 | 7.9 | 58 | Not available | ||
| 148 Smaller Towns (Estimated Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931) | 19.4 | 12.7 | 0.00 | - | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.37 | 4.4 | 46 | |||
| London | 15.8 | 15.0 | 000 | — | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.27 | 10.4 | 58 | |||