Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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Birth-rates, Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Death-rates, and Case-rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the year, 1937.
England and Wales, London 125 Great Towns and 148 Smaller Towns.
(Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns)
| England and Wales | 125 County Boro's and Great Towns including London | 148 smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census) | London Administrative County | Chingford | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Population | |||||
| Live | 14.9 | 14.9 | 15.3 | 13.3 | 16.3 |
| Still | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0.54 | 0.47 |
| All Causes | 12.4 | 12.5 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 8.8 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Smallpox | —- | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Scarlet fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
| Diphtheria . | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.02 |
| Influenza | 0.45 | 0.39 | 0.42 | 0.38 | 0.33 |
| Violence (including suicide) | 0.54 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.51 | 0.44 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 2.33 | 2.56 | 2.42 | 2.09 | 1.7 |
| Diphtheria | 1.49 | 1.81 | 1.38 | 1.93 | 0.61 |
| Enteric fever | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.30 |
| Erysipelas | 0.37 | 0.43 | 0.34 | 0.44 | 0.27 |
| Pneumonia | 1.36 | 1.58 | 1.20 | 1.18 | 0.90 |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births | |||||
| Deaths under 1 year of age | 58 | 62 | 55 | 60 | 44 |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea 1 and Enteritis under > 2 years of age J | 5.8 | 7.9 | 3.2 | 12.0 | 6.7 |
| Puerperal Sepsis | 0.97 | Not available. | — | ||
| Others | 2.26 | ||||
| Total | 3.23 | ||||
| Rates per 1,000 Total Births (i.e., Live and Still) | |||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 0.94 | Not available. | — | ||
| Others | 2.17 | ||||
| Total | 3.11 | ||||
| Puerperal fever | 13.93 | 17.59 | 11.52 | 11.5 | |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 14.34 | ||||