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Chingford 1948

[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 1948.

(Provisional figures based on Quarterly Returns).

England and Wales126 County Boroughs and Great Towns Including London148 Smaller Towns Resident Pop. 25,000-50,000 1931 Census)London Administrative CountyChingfordEngland and Wales126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London148 Smaller Towns (Resident Pop. 25,000-50,000 1931 Census)London Administrative CountyChingford
Births :Rates per 1,000 Civilian PoDulation : —Deaths :Rates per 1.000 Live Births : —
Live Births17.9 (a)20.019.220.115.9All causes under 1 year of age34(b)39323121.5
Still Births0.42(a)0.520.430.390.36
Deaths: All Causes10.8(a)11.610.711.67.3Enteritis and Diarrhoea
Typhoid and Paratyphoid. .0.000.000.000.00_under 2 years age3.34.52.12.4
Whooping Cough0.020.0,20.020.01
Diphtheria0.000.000.000.01
Tuberculosis0.510,590.460.630.45
Influenza0.030.030.040.02Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births.
Smallpox
Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis0.010.010.010.00Notifications: (Corrected)
Pneumonia Notifications (Corrected)0.410.380.360.540.34Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia . .6.898.904.717.34(c)1.31
Typhoid Fever . .0.010.000.010.00
Paratyphoid
Fever0.010.010.010.01
Cerebro-spinal Fever0.030.030.020.030.06Maternal Mortality in England and Wales :
Scarlet Fever ..1.731.901.821.371.-67
Whooping Cough3.423.513.313.134.07Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and still)BirthsRates per million women aged 15-44
Diphtheria0.080.100.090.10
Erysipelas0.210.230.210.220.27
Smallpox
Measles9.349.758.849.177.61
Pneumonia1 0.730.840.600.571.67140 Abortion with Sepsis0.119
Acute141 Abortion without Sepsis0.054
Poliomyelitis0.040.050.040.040.08147 Puerperal infections0.13Chingform