London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Chingford 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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35
based on Quarterly Returns).
in the year 1956
based on Quarterly Returns).
| England and Wales | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London) | 148 Smeller Towns (Resident Pop 25,000-50,000 at 1931 Census) | London Administratis County | Chingford | England and Wales | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London) | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Pop. 25,000-50,000 at 1931 Census] | London Administrative County | Chingford | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Home Population:— | Rates per 1,000 Live Births: — | ||||||||||||||
| Live births | 15.8 | 17.6 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 14.2 | ||||||||||
| Still births | 0.37 | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.26 | All causes under 1 year of age | 29.8 (a) | 33.8 | 29.4 | 26.3 | 11.6 | ||||
| All Causes | 11.6 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 7.7 | ||||||||||
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Enteritis and Diarrhœa under 2 years of age | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | — | ||||
| Whooping Cough | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — | ||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | ||||||||||
| Tuberculosis | 0.36 | 0.42 | 0.33 | 0.39 | 0.26 | ||||||||||
| Influenza | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.04 | Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births | |||||||||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis) | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | - | ||||||||||
| Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia | 5.81 | 7.43 | 4.33 | 6.03 | 2.83 | ||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 0.46 | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.18 | ||||||||||
| Notifications (Corrected): | |||||||||||||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.02 | ||||||||||
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |||||||||||
| Maternal Mortality in England and Wales: | |||||||||||||||
| Meningococcal infection | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.06 | ||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1.50 | 1.56 | 1.61 | 1.23 | 1.27 | International List No. and Cause | Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births | Rates per million women aged 15-44 | Chingford | ||||||
| Whooping Cough | 3.60 | 3.97 | 3.15 | 3.21 | 2.74 | ||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | ||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.22 | ||||||||||
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 651. Abortion with sepsis | 0.09 | 7 | - | ||||||||||||
| Measles | 8.39 | 8.76 | 8.36 | 6.57 | 5.47 | ||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 0.70 | 0.77 | 0.61 | 0.50 | 0.59 | 650, 652. Other abortion | 0.05 | 4 | - | ||||||
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including Polioencephalitis) | 640-649, 670-678. Complication of pregnancy and delivery | 0.54 | - | 1.41 | |||||||||||
| 681. Sepsis of childbirth and the puerperium | 0.03 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Paralytic | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.06 | ||||||||||
| Non-paralytic | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 680, 682-689. Other complications of the puerperium | 0.15 | - | |||||||
| Food poisoning | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.25 | 0.14 | ||||||||||