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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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Birth-rates, Civilian Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality and Case rates for certain Infectious
Diseases in the Year 1944.
(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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| Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population :— | Deaths under 1 | Rates per 1,000 Live Births:— | |||||||||
| Live | 17.6 | 20.3 | 20.9 | 15.0 | 21.0 | year of age | 46 | 52 | 44 | 61 | 31 |
| Still | 0.50 | 0.64 | 0.61 | 0.42 | 0.79 | ||||||
| All Causes | 11.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 15.7 | 8.7 | Deaths from Diarrhœ and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 4.8 | 7.3 | 4.4 | 10.1 | 3.9 |
| 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 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.05 | Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still) | |||||
| Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.01 | — | ||||||
| Influenza | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.03 | ||||||
| Smallpox Measles | 0.00 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | — | |||||||
| Notifications: | |||||||||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — | Puerperal Fever | 10.3 4 | 13.13 | 9.25 | 3.61 | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — | ||||||
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.05 | „ Pyrexia | 14.14 | 2.49 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 2.40 | 2.41 | 2.67 | 1.57 | 2.22 | ||||||
| Whooping Cough | 2.49 | 2.49 | 2.29 | 2.90 | 1.95 | ||||||
| Diphtheria | 0-58 | 0.67 | 0.69 | 0.31 | 0.05 | Maternal causes | 1.25 | Not available. | 1.24 | ||
| Erysipelas | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.28 | 0.37 | 0.14 | ||||||
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | (excluding Abortion and Puerperal Infections) | |||||
| Measles | 4.16 | 4.51 | 3.94 | 2.98 | 1.65 | ||||||
| Pneumonia | 0-97 | 1.13 | 0.82 | 0.93 | 1.98 | ||||||