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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 1946
[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 1946.
(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 | Populati | on :— | Deaths under 1 year of age | Rates per 1,000 Live Births :— | |||||
| Live | 19.1 | 22.2 | 21.3 | 21 | 20.4 | 43 | 46 i I | 37 | | 41 | 27 | ||
| Still ...... | 0.53 | 0.67 | 0.59 | 0 | 0.4 | |||||||
| Deaths : | Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of age | 4.4 | 1 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 1.1 | ||||||
| All Causes | 11.5 | 12.7 | 11.7 | 12.7 | 7.6 | |||||||
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | |||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still) | ||||||
| Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | |||||||
| Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | ■— | (a) Notifications : i : | ||||||
| Influenza | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.02 | |||||||
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | Puerperal Fever.. | 8.50 | 10.35 | 7.63 | 1.62 I 9.68* | 2.2 | |
| Measles | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | — | |||||||
| Notifications: | Pyrexia | |||||||||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | ||||||||
| (b) Maternal Mortality in England and Wales : | ||||||||||||
| Paratyphoid Fiver. Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 0.02 0.05 | 0.02 0.05 | 0.01 0.04 | 0.01 | ||||||||
| 0.06 | 0.06 | No. 140 Abortion with Sepsis | No. 141 Abortion 1 without Sepsis | | No. 147 Puerperal Infections | Nos. 142-6 148-150 1 Other maternal causes | |||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1.38 | 1.51 | 1.33 | 1.42 | 1.7 | 0.13 | 1 0.06 | | 0.18 1 | 1.06 | Chingford | ||
| Whooping Cough | 2.28 | 2.48 | 2.05 | 2.22 | 2.03 | 1.1 | ||||||
| Diphtheria | 0.28 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.24 | — | Abortion—Mortality per million women aged 15-45 in England nnrl Walps • | ||||||
| Erysipelas | 0.22 | 0.25 | 0.22 | 0.27 | 0.02 | |||||||
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | No. 140 with Sepsis 11 | No. 141 . | without Sepsis 1 5 " | |||||
| Measles | 3.92 | 4.73 | 3.70 | 7.35 | 4.89 | |||||||
| Pneumonia | 0.89 | 1.02 | 0.74 | 0.75 | 2.37 | |||||||
| * including Puerperal Fever. | ||||||||||||