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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 1945
[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 1945.
(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 | 16.1 | 19.1 | 19.2 | 15.7 | 16 | 46 | 54 | 43 | 53 | 29.7 | |
| Still | 0.46 | 0.58 | 0.53 | 0.40 | 0.5 | ||||||
| Deaths : | |||||||||||
| All Causes | 11.4 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 13.8 | 8.5 | Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 5.6 | 7.8 | 4.5 | 7.6 | 3.3 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | ||||||
| Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.03 | ||||||
| Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 | ||||||
| Influenza | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.03 | Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still) | |||||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Measles | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | - | Notifications: | |||||
| Notifications: | |||||||||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — | Puerperal Fever | 9.93 | 12.65 | 8.81 | 3.60 | 4.8 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | — | ||||||
| Cerebrospinal Fever | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 | „ Pyrexia | *15.87 | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1.89 | 2.02 | 2.03 | 1.57 | 1.64 | Maternal Mortality: | |||||
| Whooping Cough | 1.64 | 1.65 | 1.47 | 1.25 | 2.49 | ||||||
| Diphtheria | 0.46 | 0.52 | 0.56 | 0.31 | 0.11 | ||||||
| Erysipelas | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.31 | 0.24 | Maternal causes (excluding Abortion and Puerperal Infections) | 1.22 | Not available. | 1.6 | ||
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | 0.00 | — | ||||||
| Measles | 11.67 | 10.89 | 11.19 | 9.03 | 5.56 | ||||||
| Pneumonia | 0.87 | 1.03 | 0.72 | 0.78 | 2.33 | ||||||
| *Including Puerperal Fever. | |||||||||||