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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
Chingford 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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Birth-rates, Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality and Case-notes for certain Infectious Diseases in the Year 1939
(Provisional figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns)
| England and Wales | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 148 Smaller Towns Resident Pop.: 25,000—50,000 (1931 Census) | London Administrative County | Chingford | England and Wales | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London | 148 Smaller Towns Resident Pop.: 25,000—50,000 (1931 Census) | London Administrative County | Chingford | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 population | Rates per 1,000 Live Births | ||||||||||
| Births : Live | 15.0 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 12.3 | 16.9 | Deaths under 1 year of age | 50.0 | 53.0 | 40.0 | 48.0 | 22 |
| Still | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.57 | 0.44 | 0.49 | ||||||
| Deaths : All Causes | 12.1 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 7.8 | Deaths from Diarrhcea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 4.6 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 8.2 | — |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | Maternal Mortality: Puerperal Sepsis | 0.77 | Not available | — | ||
| Measles | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — | — | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 0.01 | — | — | — | — | Others | 2.16 | 1.51 | |||
| Whooping Cough. | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | Total | 2.93 | 1.51 | |||
| Diphthria | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.02 | ||||||
| Influenza | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.14 | 0.14 | Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still) | |||||
| Notifications : | Maternal Mortality: Puerperal Sepsis | 0.74] | Not available | ||||||||
| Smallpox | Others | 2.08 | 1.47 | ||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1.89 | 1.96 | 1.78 | 1.53 | 3.77 | Total | 2.82 | 1.47 | |||
| Diphtheria | 1.14 | 1.21 | 1.16 | 0.98 | 0.68 | Notifications: Puerperal Fever.. | 14.35 | 17.26 | 12.99 | 3.31 | |
| Enteric | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
| Erysipelas | 0.34 | 0.40 | 0.31 | 0.37 | 0.26 | ||||||
| Pneumonia | 1.02 | 1.21 | 0.89 | 0.99 | 0.73 | ,, Pyrexia | 14.22 | 11.81 | |||