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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(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 Civilian Population:— | Deaths under 1 year of age | Rates per 1,000 Live Births :— | ||||||||
Live | 16.5 | 18.6 | 19.4 | 15.8 | 18.9 | 49 | 58 | 46 | 58 | 23.8 | |
Still | 0.51 | 0.63 | 0.61 | 0.45 | 0.55 | ||||||
Deaths : | |||||||||||
All Causes | 12.1 | 14. 2 | 12.7 | 15.0 | 8.3 | Deaths from Diarrhæa and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 5.3 | 7.9 | 4.4 | 10.4 | — |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | ||||||
Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | ||||||
Whooping Cough.. | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
Diphtheria | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.05 | ||||||
Influenza ... | 0.37 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.27 | 0.29 | ||||||
Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still) | |||||||||||
Smallpox ... | — | - | — | - | - | ||||||
Measles | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | ||||||
Notifications: | |||||||||||
Notifications : | |||||||||||
Typhoid Fever ... | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | - | Puerperal Fever | 1 111.68 | 15.11 | 9.26 | 3.05 | 2.72 |
Paratyphoid Fever. | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | - | ||||||
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.08 | ||||||
,, Pyrexia | 15.23 | ||||||||||
Scarlet Fever | 3.01 | 3.29 | 3.54 | 3.80 | 9.93 | ||||||
Whooping Cough- | 2.54 | 2.82 | 2.25 | 2.68 | 2.19 | Maternal Mortality: | |||||
Diphtheria | 0.88 | 1.12 | 0.77 | 0.74 | 0.34 | 1.45 | Not available. | 1.36 | |||
Erysipelas | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.27 | 0.42 | 0.42 | Maternal causes (excluding Abortion and Puerperal Infections) | |||||
Smallpox | — | — | - | —. | - | ||||||
Measles | 9.88 | 9.23 | 9.77 | 9.17 | 4.99 | ||||||
Pneumonia | 1.34 | 1.62 | 1.16 | 1.27 | 2.32 |