London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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(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 | ||
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| Births: | Rates per 1,000 Population | Deaths under 1 year of age | 59.0 | Rates per 1,000 Live Births | 16 | ||||||
| Live | 14.2 | 14.7 | 16.4 | 8.9 | 14.9 | 71.0 | 56.0 | 68.0 | |||
| Still | 0.51 | 0.58 | 0.60 | 0.33 | 0.34 | ||||||
| Deaths: | Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 5.1 | 7.5 | 4.6 | 6.8 | - | |||||
| All Causes | 12.9 | 14.9 | 13.0 | 16.3 | 8.8 | ||||||
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.1 | - | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | — | Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still) | |||||
| Whooping Cough | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.02 | ||||||
| Diphtheria | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
| Influenza | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.20 | 0.15 | 0.02 | ||||||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | Maternal Mortality: (Excluding Abortion) | |||||
| Measles | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | — | ||||||
| Notifications: | Puerperal Infection (No. 147) | 0.48 | Not available | - | |||||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.04 | - | ||||||
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.05 | - | Others | 1.75 | 1.75 | |||
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 0.25 | 0.31 | 0.20 | 0.30 | 0.19 | Total | 2.23 | 1.75 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 1.47 | 1.49 | 1.51 | 1.01 | 0.90 | Notifications: | |||||
| Whooping Cough.. | 4.39 | 4.3'7 | 4.50 | 3.50 | 5.55 | Puerperal Fever | 11.91 | 15.64 | 9.43 | 2.29 | 1.94 |
| Diphtheria | 1.25 | 1.53 | 1.19 | 0 93 | 0.11 | ||||||
| Erysipelas | 0.30 | 0.36 | 0.27 | 0.50 | 0.11 | „ Pyrexia | 19.3 | ||||
| Smallpox | - | — | - | - | — | Including Puerperal Fever | |||||
| Measles | 10.33 | 8.27 | 10.47 | 4.77 | 8.77 | ||||||
| Pneumonia | 1.25 | 1.53 | 1.04 | 1.07 | 1.52 | ||||||