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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 1947
[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 1947
(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: | Rates per 1,000 Live Births:— | ||||||||||
| Live Births | 20.5† | 23.3 | 22.2 | 22.7 | 20.3 | All causes under 1 year of age | 41 | 47 | 36 | 37 | 12.9 | ||
| Still Births | 0.50† | 0.62 | 0.54 | 0.49 | 0.37 | ||||||||
| Deaths: | Enteritis and Diarrhœa under 2 years of age | 5.8 | 8.0 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 2.2 | |||||||
| All Causes | 12. 0† | 13.0 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 8.5 | ||||||||
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | Notifications: | Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still): | ||||||
| Whooping Cough | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | — | ||||||||
| Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — | ||||||||
| Influenza | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.11 | ||||||||
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | Puer. Fever | 7.16 | 8.99 | 6.27 | 1.21 | 5.3 | ||
| Measles | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | — | Puer. Pyrexia | *6.94 | ||||||
| Notifications: | |||||||||||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01l | - | ||||||||
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | - | Maternal Mortality in England and Wales: | |||||||
| Cerebrospinal Fever ...... ...... | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.02 | Rate per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births | Rates per Million Women aged 15-44 | Chingford Rate per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1.37 | 1.54 | 1.37 | 1.31 | 1.5 | ||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 2.22 | 2.41 | 2.02 | 2.80 | 4.4 | ||||||||
| Diphtheria | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.14 | - | 140 Abortion with sepsis | 0.10 | 9 | |||||
| Erysipelas ...... | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.18 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 141 Abortion without sepsis | 0.06 | 5 | |||||
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | - | 147 Puerperal Infections | 0.16 | ||||||
| Measles | 9.41 | 9.13 | 9.58 | 5.29 | 6.38 | 142-146 | 0.85 | 0.00 | |||||
| Pneumonia | 0.79 | 0.89 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 2.5 | 148-150 Other maternal causes | |||||||
| †Rates per 1,000 total population. *including Puerperal Fever. | |||||||||||||